squab

[Squab]

A squab is a young domestic pigeon, the domesticated version of the wild rock pigeon. Most people use the word squab when they're talking about this bird as food.

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Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Noun
an unfledged pigeon

Noun
a soft padded sofa

Noun
flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

Adjective S.
short and fat

a.
Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

a.
Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.

n.
A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.

n.
A person of a short, fat figure.

n.
A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.

adv.
With a heavy fall; plump.

v. i.
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.

Squab

Squab , a. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. quab.] 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.

2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.

Squab

Squab, n. 1. (Zo'94l.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. 2. A person of a short, fat figure.

Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan.

3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.

Punching the squab of chairs and sofas.

On her large squab you find her spread.

Squab

Squab, adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.] With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar]

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

Squab

Squab, v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.]

Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.

With a heavy fall; plump.

To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.

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