kebab
/kəˈbæb/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.03 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine.
Australian usage; British usage
noun
A dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine.
American usage
noun
A dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine.
Indian usage
noun
A restaurant that sells kebabs
noun
The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
noun
A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
Offensive; Slang
Example Sentences
- "A kebab that is also popular in Iran and Afghanistan is shammi kebab - a disk-shaped patty resembling a hamburger made of spiced ground meat and chickpeas beaten until they are light and airy and lightly sautéed in a pan."
- "Let's go to the kebab after the club."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˈbæb/
- British English: /kɪˈbæb/
Usage
- Australian usage
- British usage
- American usage
- Indian usage
- Offensive
- Slang
- Transitive verb
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.