skewer

[skyoo-er]

noun

1. a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.

2. any similar pin for fastening or holding an item in place.

verb (used with object)

1. to fasten with or as if with a skewer.

skewer

/ ˈskjʊə /

noun

1. a long pin for holding meat in position while being cooked, etc

2. a similar pin having some other function

3. chess a tactical manoeuvre in which an attacked man is made to move and expose another man to capture

verb

1. (tr) to drive a skewer through or fasten with a skewer

Other Word Forms

• unskewered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of skewer¹

First recorded in 1670–80; earlier skiver < ?

Word History and Origins

Origin of skewer¹

C17: probably from dialect skiver

Example Sentences

If you’re lucky, you might also catch them grilling kushiyaki, skewers of meat and vegetables that add a smoky flourish to your meal.

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Germany's kebab industry would have particularly skewered, as the quintessential high street doner has evolved over the decades to be rather different than the original from Turkey.

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Rebellious colonists skewered British taxation policies, military blunders and parliamentary pomposities through plays, songs and cartoons that rallied others to the cause of independence and made mass mobilization fun.

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The play, which is having its Los Angeles premiere at Pasadena Playhouse, seems like it could have been commissioned to skewer this destructive, benighted and completely mortifying anti-science moment.

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A simple charcuterie board or antipasto skewers are both a total tailgate win, but often overlooked.

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