Sekirov Dictionary

squab

UK /ˈskwɒb/US /ˈskwɑb/

noun 7
adjective 5
verb 3
adverb 1
forms 5

noun[before a noun]7

A fledgling (young) bird.
A young dove or pigeon.
A young chicken.
A young rook.
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The meat of a young dove or pigeon, typically under four weeks old, used as food.
- Squab may be consumed by ripping the bird apart with your hands and sucking the meat from the bones. — 2022
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A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
- On her large squab you find her spread, / Like a fat corpse upon a bed, / That lies and stinks in state. — 1744
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A person of a short, fat figure.
- Gorgonius sits abdominous and wan, / Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan: — 1800

adjective5

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Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
- Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. — 1712
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Unfledged; unfeathered.
- broken limbs of trees, eggs, and young squab pigeons precipitated from above — 1836
Clumsy.
Curt; abrupt.
Shy; coy.

verb3

To furnish with squabs, or cushions.
To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.
(no longer used) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.

adverb1

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(slang) With a heavy fall; plump.
- The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. — 1692

forms

squabbed · squabbing · squabs · more squab · most squab

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