squab
IPA: skwˈɑ
noun
- (sometimes attributive) A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken.
- The meat of such a baby bird used as food.
- A baby rook.
- A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
- A person of a short, fat figure.
verb
- (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.
adjective
- Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
- Unfledged; unfeathered.
- Clumsy.
- Curt; abrupt.
- Shy; coy.
adverb
- (slang) With a heavy fall; plump.
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Examples of "squab" in Sentences
- I do not eat oysters, egg plant, or squab, which is pigeon.
- I've never been to England but I'm told a delicacy there is squab which is a very young pidgeon.
- Constable MacDonald said the pigeons, called squab when sold as food, were valued between $3 and $10 each.
- “I must admit, the food was very good, it was called squab, and Ben got very drunk and spilled a drink on me —”
- About 8pm the dinner bell rang, a summons to come and partake of a delicious repast of squab and all the trimmings.
- But I had forgotten -- there was also a chair with a "squab" that apologized inadequately for the defects of its cane seat.
- At his restaurant, Craigie on Main, he approaches all his ingredients—cabbage and carrots, squab and sweetbreads—with equal care.
- Seeking out the boy he persuaded him to give up the one "squab" whose wings had not yet been clipped, and this the ornithologist carried to the clump and deposited in the ruined nest.
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