ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Squab

/ˈskwɒb/ · noun

Meaning

(countable, sometimes attributive) A fledgling (young) bird..

Definitions by Sense

(countable, sometimes attributive) A fledgling (young) bird.
(uncountable) The meat of young dove or pigeon, typically under four weeks old, used as food.
(countable) A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
(countable) A person of a short, fat figure.
(obsolete) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
(transitive) To furnish with squabs, or cushions.
(transitive) To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.
Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Example Sentences

Squab may be consumed by ripping the bird apart with your hands and sucking the meat from the bones.

a. 1744, Alexander Pope (imitating Earl of Dorset), Artemisia, 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, page 86, On her large ſquab you find her ſpread, / Like a fat corpſe upon a bed, / That lies and ſtinks in ſtate.

[H]erds of shabby vampires, Jew and Christian, over-run the house, [...] punching the squabs of chairs and sofas with their dirty fists, touzling the feather-beds, opening and shutting all the drawers, balancing the silver spoons and forks, looking into the very threads of the drapery and linen, and disparaging everything.

Another feature new to British Railways is the provision of two-position adjustable seats in the first class compartments. In this design, the seat squab can be pulled out some six inches, the seat back being attached to the seat to give a less upright sitting position.

Gorgonius sits abdominous and wan, / Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan:

Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.

So on his Nightmare through the evening fog / Flits the squab fiend o'er fen, and lake, and bog […].

broken limbs of trees, eggs, and young squab pigeons precipitated from above

Word Forms

squabs
squabbing
squabbed
more squab
most squab

Synonyms for squab

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does squab mean?

Squab means (countable, sometimes attributive) A fledgling (young) bird..

What is a synonym for squab?

Common synonyms include short, dove, squabby.

What is the opposite of squab?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use squab in a sentence?

Squab may be consumed by ripping the bird apart with your hands and sucking the meat from the bones.

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Definitions by Sense

(countable, sometimes attributive) A fledgling (young) bird.

(uncountable) The meat of young dove or pigeon, typically under four weeks old, used as food.

(countable) A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.

(countable) A person of a short, fat figure.

(obsolete) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.

(transitive) To furnish with squabs, or cushions.

(transitive) To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.

Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Example Sentences

Squab may be consumed by ripping the bird apart with your hands and sucking the meat from the bones.

a. 1744, Alexander Pope (imitating Earl of Dorset), Artemisia, 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, page 86, On her large ſquab you find her ſpread, / Like a fat corpſe upon a bed, / That lies and ſtinks in ſtate.

[H]erds of shabby vampires, Jew and Christian, over-run the house, [...] punching the squabs of chairs and sofas with their dirty fists, touzling the feather-beds, opening and shutting all the drawers, balancing the silver spoons and forks, looking into the very threads of the drapery and linen, and disparaging everything.

Another feature new to British Railways is the provision of two-position adjustable seats in the first class compartments. In this design, the seat squab can be pulled out some six inches, the seat back being attached to the seat to give a less upright sitting position.

Gorgonius sits abdominous and wan, / Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan:

Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.

So on his Nightmare through the evening fog / Flits the squab fiend o'er fen, and lake, and bog […].

broken limbs of trees, eggs, and young squab pigeons precipitated from above

Frequently Asked Questions

What does squab mean?

Squab means (countable, sometimes attributive) A fledgling (young) bird..

What is a synonym for squab?

Common synonyms include short, dove, squabby.

What is the opposite of squab?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use squab in a sentence?

Squab may be consumed by ripping the bird apart with your hands and sucking the meat from the bones.

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.