roast up

verb

To make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.

“For Thanksgiving, I'll roast up a turkey.”

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Meanings

verbroast up (third-person singular simple present roasts up, present participle roasting up, simple past and past participle roasted up)

present singular third person roasts up · participle present roasting up · participle past roasted up · past roasted up

  1. slangtransitiveTo make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.

    She wouldn't follow instructions so they roasted her up coming off the plane.

    Synonyms: slag off

  2. transitiveTo cook by roasting.

    For Thanksgiving, I'll roast up a turkey.

  3. transitiveTo roast fully or completely.

    Then I took another big cast iron pot and put it on the fire. Into this I put some unground cholai and roasted it up good.

    2011, Joseph S. Alter, Knowing Dil Das: Stories of a Himalayan Hunter, page 119

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.

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slag off
Cite this entry
APA

roast up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roast%20up

MLA

“roast up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roast%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roast up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roast%20up.

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