skewer

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
2. Food served on a skewer.
3. A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece.

Verb

1. To impale on a skewer.
2. To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
3. (figuratively) To severely mock or discredit.

Adj

comparative form of skew: more skew

skew

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Sinónimos

spit

impale

stab

brochette

pierce

pin

prick

stick

attach

pierce through

poker

prickle

put

quill

rivet

skiver

spear

spike

sprig

stylus

sword

tack

thread

🧵

thrust

toothpick

treenail

peg out

roasting jack

trenail

pointed stick

souvlaki

fasten with nails

cook

🧑‍🍳

gore

jab

kebab

🥙

lance

nail

peg

pen

🖊️

penetrate

Traducións

Spieß

espeto

brochette

broche

σούβλα

Bratspieß

embrocher

şiş

spiedo

brocheta

ast

σουβλίζω

broqueta

spies

σουβλάκι

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈskjuː.ə/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: skeuier

Relativo a Middle English: *skever

Relativo a inglés: skiver

Relativo a islandés: skífa

Relativo a noruegués: skive

Relativo a sueco: skiva

Relativo a sueco: skifer

In summary

From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”).