Definition of squabs Squabs
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What does squabs mean?
Wiktionary 
- squabs (Noun)
Plural of squab.
Part of speech
🔤- squabs, noun, plural of squab.
WordNet
NounPlural: squabs |
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| squab - flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled | ||
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| poultry flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food | ||
| squab - an unfledged pigeon | ||
| squab - a soft padded sofa | ||
Adjectivesquab, squaber, squabest |
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| squab - short and fat | ||
| squabby | ||
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Wiktionary
- squab (Noun)
A baby pigeon or dove. - squab (Noun)
The meat of a squab i. e. a young domestic pigeon or dove used as food. - squab (Noun)
A baby rook. - squab (Noun)
A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. - squab (Verb)
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- squab (a.)
Fat; thick; plump; bulky. - squab (a.)
Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. - squab (n.)
A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. - squab (n.)
A person of a short, fat figure. - squab (n.)
A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. - squab (adv.)
With a heavy fall; plump. - squab (v. i.)
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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squab
skwob, adj. fat, clumsy: curt, abrupt: unfledged, newly hatched: shy, coy.—n. a young pigeon, the young of other animals before the hair or feathers are grown: a short stumpy person: a thickly-stuffed cushion, a sofa padded throughout, an ottoman.—v.t. to stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, &c.—v.i. to fall heavily.—adv. flat: heavily, as a fall.—adjs. Squab′bish, thick, heavy; Squab′by, squat.—ns. Squab′-chick, a fledgling; Squab′-pie, a pie made of strips of mutton, onions, and slices of apple. [Prob. Scand.; cf. Sw. dial. sqvapp, a word imitative of a splash, sqvabb, loose flesh, sqvabbig, flabby.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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squab
A fat man or woman: from their likeness to a well-stuffed couch, called also a squab. A new-hatched chicken.
