skewering

verb

Definition of skeweringnext
present participle of skewer
1
as in stabbing
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 ridiculing
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 Synonyms for skewering
  1. stabbing
  2. ridiculing
  3. mocking
  4. jabbing
  5. piercing
  6. picking
Verb
  • The killer wanted for stabbing a father of three to death at a Brooklyn bodega bought a cup of coffee inside before throwing it in the victim’s face in the fight leading up to the slay, shocking video shows.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Knives were banned at this Christmas market after an armed man went on a stabbing spree at a market in August.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of stabbing
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  • At times, Phillips’ dialogue seems to be ridiculing his screenplay’s own improbability and sloppy logic gaps, as well as the genre itself.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The post was met with accounts celebrating the withdrawal and ridiculing past decisions.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of ridiculing
Verb
  • Quad’s grievances spill over into her relationship with Heavenly, which ties into Heavenly and Quad mocking Sweet Tea on social media.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Naturally, the Internet lost its mind, and the scene quickly went viral, with viewers mocking and/or sharing their disbelief at Sheridan's dialogue.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of mocking
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  • Companies perfected the art of evasion, leaving us jabbing the zero key like a deranged woodpecker just to talk to someone with a pulse.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Unfortunately, too many creditors will simply start jabbing at hard assets and one-time bank account levies without seeing the enormous pot of gold in front of them in the debtor's revenue streams.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of jabbing
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  • And an image of a woman named Linda Jackson washing her hair in a plastic bin on the Navajo Nation, the striking mountains of Monument Valley piercing the background, was how Elliot Ross shed light on what life is like in America’s water inequality capital.
    TIME Photo Department, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The She Wolf's howl is as piercing as ever.
    Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of piercing
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  • In August 2018, the Washington Post reported that about a third of crab-picking jobs were vacant across the Eastern Shore.
    Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The stylist from Anthropologie is picking.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of picking
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