Etymology Ultimately from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Punjabi, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.
UK A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
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Australia A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.
Etymology Ultimately from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Punjabi, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.
I see myself and Quest falling over backwards and his body rolling off my legs, and that wicked metal pommel winking in the sun, having almost kebabbed me.2003, Julian Roup, A Fisherman in the Saddle, page 32:
A bonfire was built in the courtyard of the Church where, 'almost drunk with rage', the mob hacked them into pieces 'so that not even a human shape remained', and then kebabbed them.2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 343: