[syn: squab, squabby]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Squab \Squab\, adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvapp, a word imitative of a
splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.]
With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar]
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The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and
dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. --L'Estrange.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Squab \Squab\ (skw[o^]b), a. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and
fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike
things, and E. quab.]
1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
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Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.
--Betterton.
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2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. --King.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Squab \Squab\, n.
1. (Zool.) A nestling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp.
when very fat and not fully fledged.
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2. A person of a short, fat figure.
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Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. --Cowper.
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3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the
seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.
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Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. --Dickens.
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On her large squab you find her spread. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Squab \Squab\, v. i.
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
[Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
squab
adj 1: short and fat [syn: squab, squabby]
n 1: flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh
of a dove (young squab) may be broiled [syn: squab,
dove]
2: a soft padded sofa
3: an unfledged pigeon