[shish kuh-bob] 
| a dish consisting of kabobs broiled or roasted on a skewer. |
[shish-kuh-bob] verb, -babbed, -bab⋅bing.| 1. | to broil or roast food on a skewer. |
| 2. | to broil or roast (food) on a skewer. |
| shish ke·bab also shish ke·bob or shish ka·bob (shĭsh' kə-bŏb') n. A dish consisting of pieces of seasoned meat and sometimes vegetables roasted on skewers and served with condiments. [Armenian shish kabab, from Turkish şiş kebab  : şiş, skewer + kebab, qualifying (possessive) form of kebap, roasted meat (probably from Arabic kabāb, cooked meat in small pieces, possibly from Aramaic kabbābā, burning, charring, from kabbeb, to char, roast, probably from Akkadian kabābu, to burn; see kbb in Semitic roots).] |
shish kebab
dish of small pieces of lamb threaded on a skewer and cooked over an open fire. The name of the dish is derived from the Turkish sis, a spit or skewer, and kebab, mutton or lamb. Variants of this dish are found throughout the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus. In Greece it is called arni souvlakia, in the Caucasus shashlyk.
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