Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To roast in the style of a kebab.

  2. (slang, transitive)To stab or skewer.

Examples

38 sentences
  1. We have five kinds of kebab.

    У нас є п'ять видів кебабу. — deniko

    ruУ нас пять видов кебаба. — Selena777

    deWir haben fünf Sorten Kebab. — MUIRIEL

  2. But I don't know how to cook kebabs!

    Але ж я не вмію готувати кебаб! — deniko

    ruНо я не умею готовить кебаб! — Selena777

  3. How many kebabs will you have?

    ruСколько кебабов вы хотите? — salikh

    deWie viele Kebabs möchtest du haben? — Espi

  4. I like to eat lamb kebabs.

  5. I feel like having some kebab.

    deIch hätte Lust auf einen Döner. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

Ultimately from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Punjabi

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.

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Forms

kebabs, kebabbing, kebabbed, kebabbed
Base formkebab · to kebab
3rd person singularkebabs
Present participlekebabbing
Past simplekebabbed
Past participlekebabbed

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykebab
he, she, itkebabs

Past simpleLesson

all personskebabbed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kebabbed
he, she, ithas kebabbed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill kebab

Synonyms

38 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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