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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

/ ˈʊə /

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
“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

verb

  1. tr to drive a skewer through or fasten with a skewer
“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
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Other yvlog Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of skewer1

First recorded in 1670–80; earlier skiver < ?
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of skewer1

C17: probably from dialect skiver
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Each half hour tackles a different headache for Rogen’s Matt Remick and with it comes a meaty role for a director or actor to skewer his or herself.

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It didn’t help that he had ruthlessly skewered the magazine in the pages of Spy.

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HBO’s anthology is a class satire that skewers high-end tourism, but for Season 3, it also has served as an ad for luxury travel with partnership and marketing deals.

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Garcia has skewered Musk on several occasions since the billionaire began his mission to gut the federal government using his newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

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Critics skewered the film’s portrayal of trans issues and Mexican culture.

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