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kebab

noun

  1. variety of skewered meals originating in the Middle East
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəˈbæb/ / /kɪˈbæb/ / /kɪˈbɑːb/

noun

Etymology: From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.

  1. A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
  2. A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.
  3. A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
  4. A restaurant that sells kebabs

    “Let's go to the kebab after the club.”

  5. The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
  6. A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
  7. The vulva.
  8. A menu icon of three vertical dots.

verb

Etymology: From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.

  1. To roast in the style of a kebab.
  2. To stab or skewer.

    “I see myself and Quest falling over backwards and his body rolling off my legs, and that wicked metal pommel winking in the sun, having almost kebabbed me.”

    “A bonfire was built in the courtyard of the Church where, 'almost drunk with rage', the mob hacked them into pieces 'so that not even a human shape remained', and then kebabbed them.”