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kebab en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kəˈbɑb/ (General-American)
  • /kɪˈbɑb/ (General-American)
  • /kɪˈbæb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /kəˈbæb/ (Australia)
  • /kɪˈbɑːb/ usual
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, UK) A dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine. ▸ 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.
  2. (US) A dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine. ▸ A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
  3. (India) A dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine. ▸ 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. 2013 September 9, Bruce Kraig, Colleen Taylor Sen, Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 172:
  4. A restaurant that sells kebabs
    • Let's go to the kebab after the club.
  5. The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
  6. (ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
  7. (UK, slang, vulgar) The vulva.
  8. A menu icon of three vertical dots.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
kebap alternative lexicographic
kabob alternative lexicographic
kabaab alternative lexicographic
kabab alternative lexicographic
kebob alternative lexicographic
kebabs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

bento · hamburger · meatball

Deriveds

Wigan kebab · kebab menu · badly packed kebab · shish kebab · doner kebab · remove kebab · kebab icon · kafta kebab · seekh kebab · chapli kebab · shami kebab · kebablike · kebab button · kebab paratha · kebab case

Translations (93)

sh ćèvāp (dish) · ru шашлы́к (dish) · kum кабап (dish) · fr kebab (dish) · ka მწვადი (dish) · pt lanche grego (dish) · cmn 卡巴 (dish) · cs kebab (dish) · ckb تکە (dish) · cmn 烤肉串 (dish) · ko 케밥 (dish) · tk kebob (dish) · gl kebab (dish) · sh ћѐва̄п (dish) · sk kebab (dish) · fa-ira کَباب (dish) · ka ქაბაბი (dish) · tt кәбаб (dish) · da kebab (dish) · de Kebab (dish) · gu કબાબ (dish) · cmn 串燒 /串烧 (dish) · sh шишћевапи (dish) · de Döner (doner kebab) (dish) · mr कबाब (dish) · la alchiebābat (dish) · et kebab (dish) · mk ражнич (dish) · ja ケバブ (dish) · fr kebap (dish) · lez кабаб (dish) · kk кәуап (dish) · sl ražnjič (dish) · he קַבָּבּ (dish) · es kebab (dish) · eo kebabo (dish) · my ကဘတ် (dish) · pl kebab (dish) · be кеба́б (dish) · ms kebab (dish) · tl kebab (dish) · fi kebab (dish) · bg кеба́пче (dish) · ar كَبَاب (dish) · nl kebab (dish) · lt kebabas (dish) · az kabab (dish) · pt kebab (dish) · hu kebab (dish) · ja 串焼き (dish) · sh šišćevapi (dish) · sh ražnjići (dish) · bg кеба́п (dish) · ur کَباب (dish) · hy քյաբաբ (dish) · uk шашли́к (dish) · de Fleischspieß (dish) · sh ràžnjić (dish) · hu gírosz (dish) · scn kebab (dish) · el κεμπάπ (dish) · cmn 綠綠 /绿绿 (offensive: a Muslim) · scn chibbàb (dish) · he כַּבָּבּ (dish) · sv kebab (dish) · be шашлы́к (dish) · it kebab (dish) · ug كاۋاپ (dish) · sl kebab (dish) · lv kebabs (dish) · ps کباب (dish) · bn কাবাব (dish) · ky кебеп (dish) · tr kebap (dish) · ru кеба́б (dish) · de Kebap (dish) · fr kébab (dish) · sw mshikaki (dish) · sh ра̀жњић (dish) · kmr kebab (dish) · mi ōpūrau (dish) · hi कबाब (dish) · sh kèbab (dish) · tg кабоб (dish) · uz kabob (dish) · id kebab (dish) · pa ਕਬਾਬ (dish) · ro kebab (dish) · nb kebab (dish) · sh кѐбаб m ражњићи (dish) · uk кеба́б (dish) · sq qebab (dish) · mk ќебап (dish)

kebab en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /kəˈbɑb/ (General-American)
  • /kɪˈbɑb/ (General-American)
  • /kɪˈbæb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /kəˈbæb/ (Australia)
  • /kɪˈbɑːb/ usual
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab.
  2. (slang, transitive) 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. 2003, Julian Roup, A Fisherman in the Saddle, page 32:
    • A bonfire was built in the courtyard of the Church where, 'almost drunk with rage', the mob hacked them into pieces 'so that not even a human shape remained', and then kebabbed them. 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 343:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
kabaab alternative lexicographic
kabab alternative lexicographic
kebob alternative lexicographic
kabob alternative lexicographic
kebabbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kebap alternative lexicographic
kebabs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
kebabbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kebabbed Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

suya · gyros · shawarma · shashlik · souvlaki

Synonyms

lancinate · puncture · speet · stab · foin · knifecrime · stick · chib · shank · job · kebab · splash · pink · stick · gride · thrust · yerk · jab · poach · run through · transpierce · run through · impale · gore · stake · transfix · spear · chive · stog · stob · prick · pigstick · enthrill · fix · ching · pierce · juke · shiv · run through · chef · spear · empierce