skewer
/ˈskjuːə//ˈskjuəɹ/
noun
- 1
A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
- 2
Food served on a skewer
- 3
A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.W
verb
- 1
To impale on a skewer.
- 2
To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
- 3
To severely mock or discredit.
adjective
- 1
Neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line; askew.
“a skew arch”
- 2
Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
- 3
Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
noun
- 1
That which skews something.
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