roasting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of roast

   Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.

   1922, “The Bride's Cookery Primer”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 74, page 66

comparative more roasting · superlative most roasting

1. colloquialVery hot.

   The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.

plural roastings

1. The act by which something is roasted.

   There were signs of recent roastings and fryings, and Frank explained he’d been eating pretty well, making his way through frozen stocks from the shop.

   2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian

   1 more example

   These elements are expelled more completely by a large number of comparatively incomplete roastings (alternated, of course, with smeltings) than by a smaller number of extremely thorough roastings[…]

   1885, Henry Marion Howe, Copper smelting, page 15

2. colloquialfigurativelyA strong rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).

   My boss gave me a roasting for last month's sales figures.

3. social mediaThe act of attempting to humiliating someone or being humiliated in such a way that it appears comedic, especially publicly.