Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbecued}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Barbecuing}.]
   1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.

            They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game
            and fish in the smoke.                --Stedman.

   2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.

            Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. --Pope.

Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\ (b[aum]"b[-e]*k[=u]), n. [In the language
   of Indians of Guiana, a frame on which all kinds of flesh and
   fish are roasted or smoke-dried.]
   1. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole
      for a feast.

   2. A social entertainment, where many people assemble,
      usually in the open air, at which one or more large
      animals are roasted or broiled whole.

   3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

Source : WordNet®

barbecue
     v : cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that
         meat"; "We cooked out in the forest" [syn: {cook out}]

barbecue
     n 1: meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned
          sauce [syn: {barbeque}]
     2: a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire;
        especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit [syn:
        {barbeque}]
     3: a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually
        out of doors [syn: {barbeque}]