rib roaster
/ˈrɪbˌrəʊstə/slang. Now rare
noun
Sport ( Cricket and Baseball ). A ball bowled or pitched so as to strike the ribs. Now archaic.
Origin
Late 18th century (in an earlier sense). From rib-roast + -er.
- grab handle
- grab (or take) someone by the throat
- grab rail
- Gracchus
- grace
- grace and favour
- grace-covenant
- grace cup
- grace-drink
- graceful
- graceful degradation
- gracefully
- gracefulness
- grace giver
- grace hoop
- graceless
- graceless florin
- gracelessly
- gracelessness
- grace note
- grace of God
- gracer
- Graceship
- grace stroke
- grace term