spit roast

noun

The technique of roasting an animal over a fire, where the cook pokes a rod through the animal and sets the ends on two sticks to suspend the animal over the fire.

“We're having a hog spit roast at the weekend.”

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Meanings

nounspit roast (plural spit roasts)

plural spit roasts · alternative spitroast

  1. cookingThe technique of roasting an animal over a fire, where the cook pokes a rod through the animal and sets the ends on two sticks to suspend the animal over the fire.

    We're having a hog spit roast at the weekend.

  2. slangvulgarA sex position wherein two people penetrate a single sexual partner at the same time, one orally and the other vaginally or anally.
verbspit roast (third-person singular simple present spit roasts, present participle spit roasting, simple past and past participle spit roasted)

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

  1. alternativeAlternative form of spit-roast.

Translations

Bulgarian печене на шиш
  • печене на шиш (pečene na šiš)cooking technique
German Spießgrillen, Spießbraten
  • Spießgrillencooking technique
  • Spießbratencooking technique
Greek σούβλα
  • σούβλα (soúvla)cooking technique
Polish pieczeń z rożna
  • pieczeń z rożnacooking technique
Portuguese espetar
  • espetarcooking technique
Russian жарить на вертеле
  • жарить на вертеле (žaritʹ na vertele)cooking technique
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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