i adjective, squab·bi·er, squab·bi·est.
short and stout; squat.
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| —n , pl squabs, squab | |
| 1. | a young unfledged bird, esp a pigeon |
| 2. | a short fat person |
| 3. | a. a well-stuffed bolster or cushion |
| b. a sofa | |
| —adj | |
| 4. | (of birds) recently hatched and still unfledged |
| 5. | short and fat |
| [C17: probably of Germanic origin; compare Swedish dialect sqvabb flabby skin, sqvabba fat woman, German Quabbe soft mass, Norwegian kvabb mud] | |
| 'squabby | |
| —adj | |
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