skewers

verb

present tense third-person singular of skewer
1
as in stabs
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object let's skewer our marshmallows on these sticks and start toasting

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2
as in ridicules
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter the satirical comic strip gleefully skewers many of society's sacred cows

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Recent Examples of skewers The citizen in you laughs heartily as this film, a tragicomedy, skewers the hypocrisies and ironies of the repressed West. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025 Meanwhile, a story from Indiana explains how one bird species skewers its prey on barbed wire, then returns for it later. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025 My review skewers the ability of the cast of six to transition into so many varied roles and dual identities. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Equal parts cringe comedy and social satire, the play skewers modern romance, class anxieties and the lies people tell themselves in the name of love. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 Nicholson portrays a delusional stalker whom viewers will warm to, while Weaving skewers celebrity culture. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026 Wall skewers America’s adoption industrial complex which has worked to take Native babies and children by force or funny business from Native families and communities and place them in white homes for 100 years. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Tracy’s script skewers the hollow moral language of powerful corporate elites like Stone’s character, while also probing the anger and alienation driving Teddy and Don, treating their bonkers beliefs with both satire and unsettling flashes of emotional truth. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026 From Breaking Bad to Fight Club, the misinterpretation of media that skewers the male power fantasy is well established, and the long-gestating HBO sleeper hit Industry, now in its senior season, is no exception to the literacy crisis. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skewers
  1. stabs
  2. ridicules
  3. punctures
  4. mocks
  5. pierces
  6. sticks
  7. jabs
  8. picks
Verb
  • Kara talks her out of it, and when Ruthye walks away, Kara turns back to Krem and stabs him multiple times with a sword.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • On cue, a Frey leaps out and stabs Robb’s pregnant wife Talisa (Oona Chaplin) in the stomach, and a volley of crossbow arrows lay into Robb and his friends.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Definition of stabs
Verb
  • Though Claudius ridicules Hamlet for his emotional vulnerability, his grief drives him to avenge his father and emerge as a hero.
    — Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Back in their teenage years, Lexi’s older sister Andrea is depicted as a mean girl who ridicules Catherine mercilessly.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of ridicules
Verb
  • Commentary and opinions In his latest column, Michael Hiltzik punctures the myth of Alan Greenspan, whose policies gave us the Great Recession.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • If a foreign object punctures the tread or sidewall, your tire can deflate slowly or quickly, depending on the puncture.
    — Jason Fogelson, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Definition of punctures
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  • The Los Angeles Dodgers insulted their Catholic paying customers by honoring a drag group that parades around as nuns and mocks their religion.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
Definition of mocks
Verb
  • And who the f--- pierces a 12 year old?
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
  • Lockwood’s music instills joy in listening, and such revitalized desire leaves your body freshly tender, sensitive to whatever pierces the ear.
    — Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of pierces
Verb
  • The late Bill Carr, a former Florida athletic director who was Houston’s AD when the SWC breakup began, once summed this up to me in a way that still sticks.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • No sooner does Aemond arrive than the silver-white-haired warrior sticks his blade into the smooth-talking Harrenhal caretaker, Ser Simon Strong, played by British thespian Simon Russell Beale.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of sticks
Verb
  • Continue reading … OUT OF LEFT FIELD — Tom Hanks jokingly jabs MS NOW while speaking with reporter live on the network.
    — , FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • But following elite competition is nearly impossible, with subtle flicks and jabs practically invisible to the naked eye—and competitors hidden behind masks.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of jabs
Verb
  • New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • And with all the trades Peterson has pulled off in his tenure at the helm, the Hornets boast a treasure trove of draft picks just over the next five years alone.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
Definition of picks

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