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
- You don't accidentally eat squab and caviar.
- It had a rounded rear squab and a curvaceous sloping hood.
- I do not eat oysters, egg plant, or squab, which is pigeon.
- Squab is dark meat, and the skin is fatty, like that of duck.
- The young squabs are devoid of feathers and appear very plump.
- The Show King is dual purpose and can be used for squab raising.
- I agree about veal, squab and rabbit not having legitimate taboos.
- The breed is known for large size and suitability for squab production.
- The judges agreed that Stefan had the best second course with his squab.
- There is also repetition, for instance of the fact that squab meat is tender.
- Utility pigeons are domesticated pigeons bred for a source of meat called squab.
- 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.