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skewer
[ skyoo-er ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to fasten with or as if with a skewer.
skewer
/ ˈskjʊə /
noun
- 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
verb
- tr to drive a skewer through or fasten with a skewer
Other Words From
- un·skewered adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of skewer1
Word History and Origins
Origin of skewer1
Example Sentences
Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.
Obama has been at it again the last few weeks, taking his act on the road to comically skewer the climate change deniers.
Without context, subtlety, and commentary, a parody begins to look eerily like the scenario it is attempting to skewer.
At their luckiest, some writers skewer the present while accidentally anticipating events to come.
To find out why Judge & Co. decided to skewer Silicon Valley, and how they went about doing it, we recently gave them a call.
Lay them on a hot tin that the paste may rise and fry them in lard not too hot, turning them with a skewer.
He was clad in tattered garments, surmounted by an old sack, fastened together round his shoulders with a wooden skewer.
Put the skewer between the buttered bars of the gridiron, dust them a little with pepper and brown them.
If its surface is not well covered with a layer of fat, place several pieces of salt pork on it and tie or skewer them fast.
Then skewer the front legs back under the body in the same way.
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