Category:Squab

Squab, a. Etym: [cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a Fat woman, icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and e. quab.]

1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton.

2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.

Squab Squab, n.

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: a neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very Fat and not fully fledged.

2. A person of a short, fat figure. Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, like a fat squab upon a chinese Fan. Cowper.

3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a Sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. Dickens. On her large squab you find her spread. Pope.

Squab Squab, adv. Etym: [cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a Splash, and e. squab fat, unfledged.]

Defn: with a heavy fall; plump. [vulgar] The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, Squab, upon a rock. L'estrange.

Squab Squab, v. i.

Defn: to fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [obs.]