roasting

(noun) cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added). Example: "The slow roasting took several hours."

(verb) cook with dry heat, usually in an oven. Synonyms: roast. Example: "Roast the turkey."

(verb) subject to laughter or ridicule. Synonyms: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun. Examples: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house." "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher." "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday."