4 entries under this word
(skwŏb), a. [Prov. Sw. squab, a soft and fat body, squabba, allied to Icel. quap, soft fat, quapn, to tremble with loose fat, D. kwab, Ger. quabbe, a dewlap, a fat lump of flesh, quabbelig, plump, fat, quappig, fat and wrinkled. Cf. QUAB.] 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton. 2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.
(skwŏb), n. 1. A young pigeon or dove.
Sense 2. A person of a short, fat figure.
Gorgonius sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper.
Sense 3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair. “Punching the squab of chairs and sofas with their dirty fists.” Dickens.
On her large squab you find her spread. Pope.
(skwŏb), adv. Striking at once; with a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar.] The eagle dropped the tortoise squab upon a rock. L'Estrange.
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.]