KEBAB

kabob, kebab, shish kebab

(noun) cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.

(US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.

(chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.

(slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.

(slang, vulgar, UK) The vulva.

Verb

kebab (third-person singular simple present kebabs, present participle kebabbing, simple past and past participle kebabbed)

(transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab

(transitive, slang) To stab or skewer

Source: Wiktionary



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