shashlick

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word shashlick. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word shashlick, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say shashlick in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word shashlick you have here. The definition of the word shashlick will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofshashlick, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Noun

shashlick (countable and uncountable, plural shashlicks)

  1. Alternative spelling of shashlik.
    • 1992, Philip Glazebrook, “Tashkent”, in Journey to Khiva: A Writer’s Search for Central Asia, New York, N.Y.: Kodansha America, Inc., published 1994, →ISBN, page 89:
      So tight a canopy does the trees’ foliage make that you can scarcely see the tall buildings – the statues’ heads, too, are mercifully hidden in the leaves – whilst the quieter streets I walked through rang with footsteps and talk that evening, and smelt of shashlick broiling on smoky fires.