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BBQ

American  

abbreviation

  1. barbecue.


BBQ British  

abbreviation

  1. barbecue

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It was November 2008 when Choi, with partners Mark Manguera and Caroline Shin-Manguera, rolled out the first Kogi truck with Korean BBQ tacos, using Twitter to announce where they’d be.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

A recent challenge from the cleaning brand Scrub Daddy tasked users with filming themselves shopping at Home Depot for its BBQ Daddy scrubbing product.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Party wings are another reliable crowd-pleaser: Farmer Focus wings come pre-split, grill quickly and only need a coating of Tabañero BBQ sauce near the end so it can caramelize and get sticky.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

He says the cost of a refreshing pint in the soaring Texas temperatures was as high as $20, while a trip to a Texas BBQ restaurant also set him back $129.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

I’d see him at the BBQ anyway, because of course I’d go.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

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