shish kebab

noun

shish ke·​bab ˈshish-kə-ˌbäb How to pronounce shish kebab (audio)
: kebab cooked on skewers

Examples of shish kebab in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The menu features shish kebabs, gyros, baba ghanoush, falafel, hummus nachos and shawarma, among other items. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024 Complexity emerges after minutes in the glass—a deft and easy drinking wine to consider pairing with shish kebab or even sashimi. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 Pair with shish kebab that includes cherry tomatoes, or a pear and strawberry flan. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022 Kraven jumps out of a tree to kill a man with a giant bear trap, runs horizontally along walls with super-speed, murders a prison guard with the pointy tooth of a taxidermy leopard, and then hurls a spear to shish kebab a bad guy in a helicopter. Chris Lee, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2023 Consider pairing with shish kebab. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022 Pair with shish kebab or a vegetarian cous cous. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023 Her father, an Albanian, taught her mother, a Boston-area woman who loved to make meals from scratch, how to prepare such Balkan and Albanian favorites as baklava and shish kebab. Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023 The young women, for example, said that one of their drivers sped along at around 100 miles an hour, at one point eating shish kebab while on a video call with his wife. Alina Lobzina, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Turkish şişkebabı, from şiş spit + kebap roast meat

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shish kebab was in 1913

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Cite this Entry

“Shish kebab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shish%20kebab. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

shish kebab

noun
shish ke·​bab ˈshish-kə-ˌbäb How to pronounce shish kebab (audio)
: cubes of meat marinated and cooked on skewers

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