skewer
Meat-threading stick
A skewer is a thin pointed rod—wood, metal, or bamboo—used to hold pieces of food together for cooking: chicken skewers on the grill, fruit skewers for the party.
To skewer is to pierce with such a rod, and figuratively, to criticize sharply or expose mercilessly: The columnist skewered the mayor's hypocrisy.
Pierce and hold fast
spike · jab · prick · transfix · lance · penetrate · perforate · run-through
Skewer, in Turkish
- sataySkewered meat with peanut sauce
- souvlakiGreek skewered meat dish
- yakitoriSkewered grilled fowl, Japanese-style
- tikkaMarinated meat dish
kofte · brochette · lamb · chicken · beef · vegetables · marinated · grilled
Slow-cook over coals
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- grillCooking surface over fire
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- searBurn the outside
baste · glaze · marinade · smoke · sizzle · cookout · firepit · tongs
impale
Pierce and hold fast
spear · spike · jab · prick · transfix · lance · penetrate · perforate · run-through · poke
shish
Skewer, in Turkish
- sataySkewered meat with peanut sauce
- souvlakiGreek skewered meat dish
- yakitoriSkewered grilled fowl, Japanese-style
tikka · kofte · brochette · lamb · chicken · beef · vegetables · marinated · grilled · spiced
barbecue
Slow-cook over coals
sear · baste · glaze · marinade · smoke · sizzle · cookout · firepit · tongs · rotisserie
lampoon
Harsh public mockery
- satirizeMock through exaggeration
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- mockScornful imitation or fake
roast · takedown · eviscerate · dissect · expose · demolish · puncture · deflate · parody · criticism
stick
Thin piece of wood
prong · pike · shaft · spindle · bamboo · wooden · metal · flat · round · reusable
- kitchen toolsknife, fork, spoon, spatula, whisk
- skewered foodskebab, kabob, shish kebab, shish kabab, yakitori
- spit roastingrotisserie, spit, spit roast, rotisserie chicken, hand crank
- kitchen antiquescauldron, hearth, cast iron pot, cast iron skillet, butter churn
- kitchenwarepot, pan, pots, pans, knife
- combat actionsstab, slash, parry, block, thrust
- lamb skewersCubed meat grilled on rods
- shrimp skewerThreaded prawns for cooking
- wooden skewerSharp stick for food
- chicken skewerThreaded poultry for grilling
- beef skewersGrilled cubed meat on sticks
- meat skewersPierced protein for grilling