kabob

Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

1. (Australia, UK) 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 shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
3. (India) 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.

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