kebab
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kebab
- /kəˈbæb/ Australia
- /kɪˈbæb/ UK
- /kɪˈbɑːb/
- /kəˈbɑb/ US
- /kɪˈbɑb/ US
Rhymes with -æb, -ɑːb
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Punjabi, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.
noun kebabs · kabaab · kabob · kebap · kabab · kebob
- A hand-held dish consisting of slices of meat or fish roasted on an upright skewer, usually mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and served in flatbread, especially a doner kebab.
- A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
- A dish made from shaped minced meat, usually grilled on a skewer but sometimes formed into a patty and fried or baked. 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.
- A restaurant that sells kebabs Let's go to the kebab after the club.
- The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
- A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
- The vulva.
- A menu icon of three vertical dots.
verb kebabs · kebabbing · kebabbed · kabaab · kabob
- To roast in the style of a kebab.
- To stab or skewer. 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.
