I. skew ‧ er 1 /ˈskjuːə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Perhaps from skiver 'skewer' (15-19 centuries) ]
a long metal or wooden stick that is put through pieces of meat to hold them together while they are cooked
II. skewer 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
1 . to make a hole through a piece of food, an object etc with a skewer or with some other pointed object
2 . to criticize someone very strongly, often in a way that other people find humorous:
Du Bois skewered Washington’s policies in his book, ‘The Souls of Black Folks’.