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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearlet's skewer our marshmallows on these sticks and start toasting
the satirical comic strip gleefully skewers many of society's sacred cows
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1701
deride, gibe (or jibe), jeer, laugh (at), mock, ridicule, scout, shoot down;
scoff (at), scorn, sneer (at);
bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down;
jive, josh, kid, quiz, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit;
bait, bug, catcall, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, rag, target, taunt, torment;
ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, pillory, satirize, take off (on), travesty;
make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, rag on;
: a long pointed piece of metal or wood that is pushed through pieces of food to keep them together or hold them in place for cooking
: to push a skewer through (food)
: to criticize (someone or something) very harshly
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