Skewer
noun
A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being cooked.
She put some chicken and vegetables on a skewer to barbecue them.
verb
To fasten something, especially meat, on a skewer.
Let's skewer the meat before grilling it.
verb
To criticize or ridicule sharply and mercilessly.
The politician was skewered by the press for his controversial remarks.
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Disapproving
noun
A decorative pin used to fasten women's clothes, especially hats.
She used a skewer to secure her hat to her hair.
noun
A technique in chess where a piece is attacked and when it moves to safety, another piece behind it is attacked.
He lost his queen due to a well-placed skewer.
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Technical
noun
A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being cooked.
She put some chicken and vegetables on a skewer to barbecue them.
verb
To fasten something, especially meat, on a skewer.
Let's skewer the meat before grilling it.
verb
To criticize or ridicule sharply and mercilessly.
The politician was skewered by the press for his controversial remarks.
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A decorative pin used to fasten women's clothes, especially hats.
She used a skewer to secure her hat to her hair.
noun
A technique in chess where a piece is attacked and when it moves to safety, another piece behind it is attacked.
He lost his queen due to a well-placed skewer.
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Culinary Tool
A skewer is primarily a kitchen tool, specifically for cooking.
Remember to soak wooden skewers in water before grilling to prevent burning.
Pro Tip 2/2Outdoor Cooking
Skewers are associated with barbecue and outdoor meals, ideal for picnics or camping.
We'll make kebabs on skewers over the campfire.
Pro Tip 1/2Culinary Tool
A skewer is primarily a kitchen tool, specifically for cooking.
Remember to soak wooden skewers in water before grilling to prevent burning.
Pro Tip 2/2Outdoor Cooking
Skewers are associated with barbecue and outdoor meals, ideal for picnics or camping.
We'll make kebabs on skewers over the campfire.
Pro Tip 1/2Culinary Tool
A skewer is primarily a kitchen tool, specifically for cooking.
Remember to soak wooden skewers in water before grilling to prevent burning.
Pro Tip 2/2Outdoor Cooking
Skewers are associated with barbecue and outdoor meals, ideal for picnics or camping.
We'll make kebabs on skewers over the campfire.
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The Community of Food PIPE...
filleting fish is already an art form! Why not throw a winged bone structure to it. No problem! You know what I told my servers? I told them the absolute truth. I took that flying fish, filleted it up, little bit of tarragon, lemon zest, olive oil, rolled it up like rollmops, rosemary skewered it,
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Claws vs. nails -...
They use these extra-long appendages to tap branches and trunks, while listening for hollow sections with their bat-like ears. When they hear an opening, they burrow into the tree and skewer grubs with their needle-like middle finger.
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Finger Food with Fingers...
we'll take them out we're then going to skewer them take a piece we're going to put in a deep fryer and what you're gonna wind up having is something like this the displays have been crafted into perfect edible masterpieces or sushi
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Anaconda Attacks PIPE...
your finger forward okay the teeth of an anaconda curved backwards to hold its prey once it bites into it that's why the scientist has to force his hand deeper into the mouth of the anaconda to free his skewered finger
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How to Survive an...
teeth of an anaconda curved backwards to hold its prey once it bites into it that's why the scientist has to force his hand deeper into the mouth of the anaconda to free his skewered finger finger
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How to Survive an...
of an anaconda curved backwards to hold its prey once it bites into it that's why the scientist has to force his hand deeper into the mouth of the anaconda to free his skewered finger
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How Climate Change...
peace adelies usually have two chicks each and the most aggressive one is always fed first as the pack eye shrinks food is scarce skewers are particularly alert to weak
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The Dirty Side Of...
obviously just has this natural drive to protect penguin kind and he's just come along and and told the skewer to to clear off basically
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Puffin Hunts Fish To...
the skewers long range back wings make them faster and more maneuverable
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Young Falcons Learn to...
a careless long-tailed skewer has been caught
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The Community of Food PIPE...
filleting fish is already an art form! Why not throw a winged bone structure to it. No problem! You know what I told my servers? I told them the absolute truth. I took that flying fish, filleted it up, little bit of tarragon, lemon zest, olive oil, rolled it up like rollmops, rosemary skewered it,
Video examples
Claws vs. nails -...
They use these extra-long appendages to tap branches and trunks, while listening for hollow sections with their bat-like ears. When they hear an opening, they burrow into the tree and skewer grubs with their needle-like middle finger.
Video examples
Finger Food with Fingers...
we'll take them out we're then going to skewer them take a piece we're going to put in a deep fryer and what you're gonna wind up having is something like this the displays have been crafted into perfect edible masterpieces or sushi
Video examples
Anaconda Attacks PIPE...
your finger forward okay the teeth of an anaconda curved backwards to hold its prey once it bites into it that's why the scientist has to force his hand deeper into the mouth of the anaconda to free his skewered finger
Video examples
How to Survive an...
teeth of an anaconda curved backwards to hold its prey once it bites into it that's why the scientist has to force his hand deeper into the mouth of the anaconda to free his skewered finger finger
Video examples
How to Survive an...
of an anaconda curved backwards to hold its prey once it bites into it that's why the scientist has to force his hand deeper into the mouth of the anaconda to free his skewered finger
Video examples
How Climate Change...
peace adelies usually have two chicks each and the most aggressive one is always fed first as the pack eye shrinks food is scarce skewers are particularly alert to weak
Video examples
The Dirty Side Of...
obviously just has this natural drive to protect penguin kind and he's just come along and and told the skewer to to clear off basically
Video examples
Puffin Hunts Fish To...
the skewers long range back wings make them faster and more maneuverable
Video examples
Young Falcons Learn to...
a careless long-tailed skewer has been caught
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Quote examples
Tom Douglas
American Chef
Often we eat squid fried, so it's fun to grill it for a change. To grill squid, slice the cleaned bodies open into two flat pieces and thread them, along with the tentacles, onto skewers, then grill quickly over a direct fire with the coals as close as possible to the grate, turning the squid several times.
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Steve Carell
American Actor
From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates anymore. In Los Angeles, everything has become a corn dog. Actually, corn dogs still work. But most other food should be stickless.
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John Grant
American Musician
I've kept going to therapy to find out why my perspective is so skewered and why I'm filled with rage. It's so I can live in this world alongside these other people who seem to be what is desired and what the world wants.
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Jenna Wortham
American Journalist
Drag Race' has become a staple of modern television for the way it skewers expectations and attitudes about gender, much as a show like 'black-ish' works to challenge stereotypes about black families in America.
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Dean Cain
American Actor
My mom is an OK cook. She'll skewer me for saying that openly, because she claims to be a very good cook. She can make about, I don't know, 10 dishes, I think, which is four dishes more than I can make.
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Orlando Bloom
English Actor
I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
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Josh Widdicombe
English Comedian
What sitcom's brilliant at is identifying a social movement or type and skewering it.
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T. J. Miller
American Actor
Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering.
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Tina Brown
American Editor
In the end, Dan Rather's legend skewered him, CBS and the craft of journalism.
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Kristin Gore
American Author
I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
Often we eat squid fried, so it's fun to grill it for a change. To grill squid, slice the cleaned bodies open into two flat pieces and thread them, along with the tentacles, onto skewers, then grill quickly over a direct fire with the coals as close as possible to the grate, turning the squid several times.
Quote examples
Steve Carell
American Actor
From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates anymore. In Los Angeles, everything has become a corn dog. Actually, corn dogs still work. But most other food should be stickless.
Quote examples
John Grant
American Musician
I've kept going to therapy to find out why my perspective is so skewered and why I'm filled with rage. It's so I can live in this world alongside these other people who seem to be what is desired and what the world wants.
Quote examples
Jenna Wortham
American Journalist
Drag Race' has become a staple of modern television for the way it skewers expectations and attitudes about gender, much as a show like 'black-ish' works to challenge stereotypes about black families in America.
Quote examples
Dean Cain
American Actor
My mom is an OK cook. She'll skewer me for saying that openly, because she claims to be a very good cook. She can make about, I don't know, 10 dishes, I think, which is four dishes more than I can make.
Quote examples
Orlando Bloom
English Actor
I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
Quote examples
Josh Widdicombe
English Comedian
What sitcom's brilliant at is identifying a social movement or type and skewering it.
Quote examples
T. J. Miller
American Actor
Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering.
Quote examples
Tina Brown
American Editor
In the end, Dan Rather's legend skewered him, CBS and the craft of journalism.
Quote examples
Kristin Gore
American Author
I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.
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