kebab
Pronunciation
  • (Australia) IPA: /kəˈbæb/
  • (RP) IPA: /kɪˈbæb/
  • (America) IPA: /kɪˈbɑb/
Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

  1. (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
  2. (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
  3. (chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
  4. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
  5. (slang, vulgar, UK) The vulva.
Translations Verb

kebab (kebabs, present participle kebabbing; past and past participle kebabbed)

  1. (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab
  2. (transitive, slang) To stab or skewer
    • 2003, Julian Roup, A Fisherman in the Saddle (page 32)
      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.



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