kebab

Signification

Noun

1. A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
2. 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.
3. A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
4. A restaurant that sells kebabs
5. The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
6. (slang) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
7. (slang) The vulva.
8. A menu icon of three vertical dots.

Verb

1. To roast in the style of a kebab.
2. (slang) To stab or skewer.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kəˈbæb/

Étymologie

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

Phrases

She can't survive a day without having a kebab .

Elle ne peut pas survivre une journée sans avoir de kebab.