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21squab|ble — «SKWOB uhl», noun, verb, bled, bling. –n. a petty, noisy quarrel: »Children s squabbles annoy their parents. –v.i. to take part in a petty, noisy quarrel; wrangle or argue disagreeably: »I won t squabble over a nickel. –v.t. Printing. to throw… …
22Squab (food) — In culinary terminology, squab is the meat from a young domestic pigeon; formerly adult birds from several species were called by the same name. [ OED gives earliest usage 1640 as a young bird, 1694 as a young pigeon.] Squab for the table are… …
23squab\ a\ squib — To bum a smoke. Hey, man, can I squab a squib? …
24squab\ a\ squib — To bum a smoke. Hey, man, can I squab a squib? …
25squab — Synonyms and related words: Cornish hen, avifauna, baby bird, bear, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy, broiler, cage bird, caille, canard, caneton, capon,… …
26squab — n. young bird that is still in the nest; short plump person; well padded cushion adj. newly hatched, young (about birds); plump, short and fat …
27squab — [skwɒb] noun 1》 a young unfledged pigeon. 2》 Brit. the padded back or side of a vehicle seat. ↘a thick cushion, especially one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. adjective archaic short and fat. Origin C17 (in the sense inexperienced… …
28squab — I. a. 1. Fat, plump, stout, dumpy, squabbish, squabby, thick, bulky, heavy, short, thickset, chunky, fleshy. 2. Unfledged, unfeathered. II. n. Young pigeon …
29squab — adj 1. fat, obese, corpulent, overweight, portly, pursy, Scot. fodgel; dumpy, stumpy, stubby, squat, squatty, squabby; chunky, lumpy, lumpish. 2. chubby, tubby, pudgy Chiefly Brit. podgy, plump; round, rounded out, rotund; fleshy, filled out,… …
30squab — /skwɒb/ (say skwob) noun 1. a nestling pigeon, marketed when fully grown but still unfledged. 2. a short, stout person. 3. a thickly stuffed, soft cushion. 4. the back part, often detachable, of the seat of certain motor cars. –adjective 5. short …