kebab
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.
Inflected forms:
form: kebabs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kabaab
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: kabob
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: kebap
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: kabab
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: kebob
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: kebabs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kebabbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: kebabbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: kebabbed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: kabaab
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: kabob
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: kebap
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: kabab
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: kebob
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
gloss: A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A restaurant that sells kebabs
pos: noun
examples: Let's go to the kebab after the club.
gloss: The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
pos: noun
gloss: A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
pos: noun
tags: ethnic
offensive
slang
slur
gloss: The vulva.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
vulgar
gloss: A menu icon of three vertical dots.
pos: noun
gloss: To roast in the style of a kebab.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To stab or skewer.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: 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.
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.
Related words: gyros
shashlik
shawarma
souvlaki
suya
Derived words: badly packed kebab
chapli kebab
doner kebab
kafta kebab
kebab case
kebablike
remove kebab
seekh kebab
shami kebab
shish kebab
Wigan kebab
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: qebab
lang: Arabic
word: كَبَاب
roman: kabāb
lang: Armenian
word: քյաբաբ
roman: kʻyabab
lang: Azerbaijani
word: kabab
lang: Belarusian
word: кеба́б
roman: kjebáb
lang: Belarusian
word: шашлы́к
roman: šašlýk
lang: Bengali
word: কাবাব
roman: kabab
lang: Bulgarian
word: кеба́пче
roman: kebápče
lang: Bulgarian
word: кеба́п
roman: kebáp
lang: Burmese
word: ကဘတ်
roman: ka.bhat
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 烤肉串
roman: kǎoròu chuàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 串燒 /串烧
roman: chuànshāo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 卡巴
roman: kǎbā
lang: Czech
word: kebab
lang: Danish
word: kebab
lang: Dutch
word: kebab
lang: Esperanto
word: kebabo
lang: Estonian
word: kebab
lang: Finnish
word: kebab
lang: French
word: kebab
lang: French
word: kebap
lang: French
word: kébab
lang: Galician
word: kebab
lang: Georgian
word: ქაბაბი
roman: kababi
lang: Georgian
word: მწვადი
roman: mc̣vadi
lang: German
word: Kebab
lang: German
word: Kebap
lang: German
word: Fleischspieß
lang: German
word: Döner (doner kebab)
lang: Greek
word: κεμπάπ
roman: kempáp
lang: Gujarati
word: કબાબ
roman: kabāb
lang: Hebrew
word: כַּבָּבּ
roman: kabáb
lang: Hebrew
word: קַבָּבּ
roman: kabáb
lang: Hindi
word: कबाब
roman: kabāb
lang: Hungarian
word: gírosz
lang: Hungarian
word: kebab
lang: Indonesian
word: kebab
lang: Italian
word: kebab
lang: Japanese
word: ケバブ
roman: kebabu
lang: Japanese
word: 串焼き
roman: kushiyaki
lang: Kazakh
word: кәуап
roman: käuap
lang: Korean
word: 케밥
roman: kebap
lang: Kumyk
word: кабап
roman: kabap
lang: Central Kurdish
word: تکە
roman: tke
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kebab
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кебеп
roman: kebep
lang: Latin
word: alchiebābat
lang: Latvian
word: kebabs
lang: Lezgi
word: кабаб
roman: kabab
lang: Lithuanian
word: kebabas
lang: Macedonian
word: ќебап
roman: ḱebap
lang: Macedonian
word: ражнич
roman: ražnič
lang: Malay
word: kebab
lang: Māori
word: ōpūrau
lang: Marathi
word: कबाब
roman: kabāb
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kebab
lang: Pashto
word: کباب
roman: kabãb
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کَباب
roman: kabâb
lang: Polish
word: kebab
lang: Portuguese
word: kebab
lang: Portuguese
word: lanche grego
lang: Punjabi
word: ਕਬਾਬ
roman: kabāb
lang: Romanian
word: kebab
lang: Russian
word: кеба́б
roman: kebáb
lang: Russian
word: шашлы́к
roman: šašlýk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ћѐва̄п
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кѐбаб m ражњићи
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ра̀жњић
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шишћевапи
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ćèvāp
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kèbab
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ražnjići
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ràžnjić
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šišćevapi
lang: Sicilian
word: kebab
lang: Sicilian
word: chibbàb
lang: Slovak
word: kebab
lang: Slovene
word: ražnjič
lang: Slovene
word: kebab
lang: Spanish
word: kebab
lang: Swahili
word: mshikaki
lang: Swedish
word: kebab
lang: Tagalog
word: kebab
lang: Tajik
word: кабоб
roman: kabob
lang: Tatar
word: кәбаб
roman: käbab
lang: Turkish
word: kebap
lang: Turkmen
word: kebob
lang: Ukrainian
word: кеба́б
roman: kebáb
lang: Ukrainian
word: шашли́к
roman: šašlýk
lang: Urdu
word: کَباب
roman: kabāb
lang: Uyghur
word: كاۋاپ
roman: kawap
lang: Uzbek
word: kabob