Found 2 items, similar to squab.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: squab squab adj : short and fat [syn: squabby] squab n 1: flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled [syn: dove] 2: a soft padded sofa 3: an unfledged pigeon
English → English (gcide) Definition: Squab Squab \Squab\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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] 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] Squab \Squab\, v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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]