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Kebab

//kəˈbæb// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab. British
  2. 2
    cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables wordnet
  3. 3
    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. Australia
  4. 4
    A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer. US
  5. 5
    A restaurant that sells kebabs

    "Let's go to the kebab after the club."

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  1. 6
    The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
  2. 7
    A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent. ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
  3. 8
    The vulva. UK, slang, vulgar
  4. 9
    A menu icon of three vertical dots.
Verb
  1. 1
    To roast in the style of a kebab. transitive
  2. 2
    To stab or skewer. slang, transitive

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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