- a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
- any similar pin for fastening or holding an item in place.
- to fasten with or as if with a skewer.
- a long pin for holding meat in position while being cooked, etc
- a similar pin having some other function
- a tactical manoeuvre in which an attacked man is made to move and expose another man to capture
- to drive a skewer through or fasten with a skewer
