SQUAB
\skwˈɒb], \skwˈɒb], \s_k_w_ˈɒ_b]\
Definitions of SQUAB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"
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an unfledged pigeon
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a soft padded sofa
By Princeton University
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Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
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Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.
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A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
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A person of a short, fat figure.
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A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.
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With a heavy fall; plump.
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To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Fat; short and stout; plump; bulky: unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.
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A young pigeon or dove: a short fat person; A kind of sofa or couch; a stuffed cushion; "Punching the squab of chairs and sofas with their dirty fists."-Dickens;.
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Striking at once: with a heavy fall: plump. "The eagle took the tortoise up into the air and dropt him, squab, upon a rock."-Sir R. L'Estrange.
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To fall plump.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald