'Squab' definitions:
Definition of 'squab'
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Definition of 'Squab'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. --Betterton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. --King. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Squab'
From: GCIDE
- Squab \Squab\, n.
- 1. (Zool.) A nestling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A person of a short, fat figure. [1913 Webster]
- Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. [1913 Webster]
- Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- On her large squab you find her spread. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Squab'
From: GCIDE
- Squab \Squab\, adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.] With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar] [1913 Webster]
- The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Squab'
From: GCIDE
- Squab \Squab\, v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'squab'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avifauna,
- baby bird,
- bear,
- bird,
- bird of Jove,
- bird of Juno,
- bird of Minerva,
- bird of night,
- bird of passage,
- bird of prey,
- birdie,
- birdlife,
- birdy,
- broiler,
- cage bird,
- caille,
- canard,
- caneton,
- capon,
- chapon,
- chick,
- chicken,
- Cornish hen,
- crowd,
- crush,
- cygnet,
- dindon,
- diving bird,
- dove,
- duck,
- duckling,
- dumpy,
- eagle,
- eaglet,
- faisan,
- fish-eating bird,
- fledgling,
- flightless bird,
- fowl,
- fruit-eating bird,
- fryer,
- fulmar,
- game bird,
- goose,
- grouse,
- guinea hen,
- insect-eating bird,
- jam,
- migrant,
- migratory bird,
- nestling,
- oie,
- oscine bird,
- owl,
- partridge,
- passerine bird,
- peacock,
- peafowl,
- peahen,
- perching bird,
- pheasant,
- pigeon,
- pigeonneau,
- poulet,
- push,
- quail,
- ratite,
- roaster,
- sea bird,
- seed-eating bird,
- shore bird,
- slop,
- songbird,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squish,
- stewing chicken,
- storm petrel,
- stormy petrel,
- stubby,
- stumpy,
- swan,
- thick,
- thickset,
- turkey,
- volaille,
- wading bird,
- warbler,
- water bird,
- waterfowl,
- wild duck,
- wildfowl