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kebab case

kebab case noun: the practice of writing identifiers using hyphens to separate words.

Noun

kebab case (uncountable)

  1. The practice of writing identifiers using hyphens to separate words.
    Synonyms:
    dash case

Synonyms of kebab case

Forms of kebab case

alternative formkebab-case

Origin of kebab case

In allusion to the appearance of a shish kebab, with various food items assembled on a skewer. Additionally, the coincidence that kebabs and camels are both archetypally Near Eastern was probably not lost on the computer programmers who coined the names kebab case and camel case.

Questions about kebab case

What does kebab case mean?
Kebab case means the practice of writing identifiers using hyphens to separate words.
What part of speech is kebab case?
Kebab case is a noun.

Words near kebab case in the dictionary

  1. Keaʻau
  2. keb
  3. kebab
  4. kebab button
  5. kebab buttons
  6. kebab case
  7. kebab icon
  8. kebab icons
  9. kebab menu
  10. kebab menus
  11. kebab paratha

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kebab case (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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