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skewer
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?skju??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?skju??/
- Rhymes: -u??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”).
Noun
skewer (plural skewers)
- A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
- Food served on a skewer. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece.
- Coordinate term: pin
Translations
Verb
skewer (third-person singular simple present skewers, present participle skewering, simple past and past participle skewered)
- To impale on a skewer.
- (chess) To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
- (figuratively) To severely mock or discredit.
Translations
Etymology 2
From skew +? -er.
Noun
skewer (plural skewers)
- (rare) That which skews something.
Adjective
skewer
- comparative form of skew: more skew
Anagrams
- krewes, reskew, werkes
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shishkabob
English
Noun
shishkabob (plural shishkabobs)
- Alternative spelling of shish kebab
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