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nouna 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. verb (used with object)to fasten with or as if with a skewer. Origin of skewerFirst recorded in 1670–80; earlier skiver< ? OTHER WORDS FROM skewerun·skew·ered, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH skewerskew, skewer Words nearby skewerskeuomorph, skew, skew arch, skewback, skewbald, skewer, skewerwood, skew field, skewgee, skewing, skew lines Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for skewerSatirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection. Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire|Lloyd Grove|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST Without context, subtlety, and commentary, a parody begins to look eerily like the scenario it is attempting to skewer. Juvenile Misogynist Seth MacFarlane Is Not Funny|Amy Zimmerman|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST To find out why Judge & Co. decided to skewer Silicon Valley, and how they went about doing it, we recently gave them a call. Mike Judge’s Genius Satire ‘Silicon Valley’ Skewers Tech Titans|Andrew Romano|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Is it because the biracial comedians seamlessly slip into the characters and skewer racial stereotypes? Are Key and Peele Biracial Geniuses or Are They Just Really Funny?|Sujay Kumar|December 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We use this guy as a foil to skewer Hollywood actors and pop culture. James Van Der Beek on Katie Holmes and the Secrets of ‘Dawson’s Creek’|Ramin Setoodeh|April 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST Ou Ali said to his sister: "O my sister, my friend is ill; bring me a skewer." Moorish Literature|Anonymous They split them down the back and skewer them flat, and then hang them up before the fire, flesh side to the fire. Young Alaskans in the Far North|Emerson Hough Remove the skewer carefully, and serve with rmoulade, Tartare, or tomato sauce. The Century Cook Book|Mary Ronald Is he again to be spitted upon the skewer of reminiscences of the Vallombrosan wood? As soon as he entered the room, a servant brought in a meal; consisting of slices of meat on a skewer, and a pillau of chicken. At the Point of the Bayonet|G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for skewer
nouna 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 verb(tr) to drive a skewer through or fasten with a skewer Word Origin for skewerC17: probably from dialect skiver 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 Words related to skewerlance, spit, pin, pick, truss, brochette |