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plural skewers
A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking. examples
Food served on a skewer. examples
(chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. examples
third-person singular simple present skewers, present participle skewering, simple past and past participle skewered
To impale on a skewer. examples
(chess) To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it. examples
(figurative) To severely mock or discredit. quotations examples
Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation. True masters of the practice possess a bone-deep understanding of their targets; they skewer because they love—or at least, because they’ve done their homework.
2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 7 December 2017
A journalist outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday displaying one of the many tabloid covers skewering Mr. Johnson.
2022 January 13, Mark Landler, “U.K. Monarchy and Government Plunge Into Simultaneous Crises”, in The New York Times, image caption
(rare) That which skews something.
comparative form of skew: more skew examples