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Squab

//ˈskwɒb// adj, adv, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

    "Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice."

  2. 2
    Unfledged; unfeathered.

    "broken limbs of trees, eggs, and young squab pigeons precipitated from above"

  3. 3
    Clumsy.
  4. 4
    Curt; abrupt.
  5. 5
    Shy; coy.
Adjective
  1. 1
    short and fat wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    With a heavy fall; plump. not-comparable, slang

    "The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock."

Noun
  1. 1
    A fledgling (young) bird.; A young dove or pigeon. attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable
  2. 2
    an unfledged pigeon wordnet
  3. 3
    A fledgling (young) bird.; A young chicken. attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable
  4. 4
    a soft padded sofa wordnet
  5. 5
    A fledgling (young) bird.; A young rook. attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable
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  1. 6
    flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled wordnet
  2. 7
    The meat of young dove or pigeon, typically under four weeks old, used as food. uncountable

    "Squab may be consumed by ripping the bird apart with your hands and sucking the meat from the bones."

  3. 8
    A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. countable

    "a. 1744, Alexander Pope (imitating Earl of Dorset), Artemisia, 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, page 86, On her large ſquab you find her ſpread, / Like a fat corpſe upon a bed, / That lies and ſtinks in ſtate."

  4. 9
    A person of a short, fat figure. countable

    "Gorgonius sits abdominous and wan, / Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan:"

Verb
  1. 1
    To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. obsolete
  2. 2
    To furnish with squabs, or cushions. transitive
  3. 3
    To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly related to dialectal Swedish skvabb (“fatty, flabby”). First attested in the 17th century.

Etymology 2

Unknown. Possibly related to dialectal Swedish skvabb (“fatty, flabby”). First attested in the 17th century.

Etymology 3

Unknown. Possibly related to dialectal Swedish skvabb (“fatty, flabby”). First attested in the 17th century.

Etymology 4

Unknown. Possibly related to dialectal Swedish skvabb (“fatty, flabby”). First attested in the 17th century.

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