skewer

Significado (Inglês)

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

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Conceitos

espeto

empalar

espetada

espada

alfinetar

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

Spieß

brochette

broche

σούβλα

Bratspieß

embrocher

spiedo

brocheta

şiş

ast

σουβλίζω

broqueta

spies

σουβλάκι

şişlemek

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈskjuː.ə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: skeuier

Cognato com inglês médio: *skever

Cognato com inglês: skiver

Cognato com islandês: skífa

Cognato com norueguês: skive

Cognato com sueco: skiva

Cognato com 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”).