skewer

Pronunciation: /ˈskjuː.ə/

The English word “skewer” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
Food served on a skewer.
A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, exposes a less valuable piece.
That which skews something.

verb

To impale on a skewer.
To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
To severely mock or discredit.

Etymology

From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”).

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