skewer
a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
any similar pin for fastening or holding an item in place.
to fasten with or as if with a skewer.
Origin of skewer
1Other words from skewer
- un·skew·ered, adjective
Words that may be confused with skewer
- skew, skewer
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How to use skewer in a sentence
Three days after that, the author of the original Rollins piece published a defense of his skewering of the sax icon.
It was a delicious, pointed response, skewering on the vapidity of asking such things, even if she didn't intend it to be.
Her sly, skewering banter and provocative cynicism were her defense in a male-dominated profession and also her selling point.
Tallulah Bankhead: Gay, Drunk and Liberated in an Era of Excess Art | Judith Mackrell | January 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHow did a man known for skewering the powerful end up this way?
Nick Hanauer's satirical skewering of the persecuted plutocrats is wonderful.
His companion replaced the bonnet on her head, where it lurched a little, by reason of insufficient skewering, as she got up.
The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories | Margaret Collier GrahamI think that marriage has become a social atrophy, and I never want to be guilty of irrevocably skewering two hearts together.
Letters of a Dakota Divorcee | Jane BurrSo are the other spadassinicides who dreamt of skewering a poor sheep of a provincial lawyer.
Scaramouche | Rafael SabatiniAnd she made a violent gesture with the saber as though skewering me upon its length.
Greener Than You Think | Ward MooreSpoof was playing the game, but I wondered how many little yellow devils were skewering his heart.
Neighbours | Robert Stead
British Dictionary definitions for skewer
/ (ˈskjʊə) /
a long pin for holding meat in position while being cooked, etc
a similar pin having some other function
chess a tactical manoeuvre in which an attacked man is made to move and expose another man to capture
(tr) to drive a skewer through or fasten with a skewer
Origin of skewer
1Collins 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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