squab

1. a. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Source: opted

2. a. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. Source: opted

3. n. A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. Source: opted

4. n. A person of a short, fat figure. Source: opted

5. n. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. Source: opted

6. adv. With a heavy fall; plump. Source: opted

7. v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. Source: opted

8. adj. short and fat Source: wordnet

9. n. flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled Source: wordnet

10. n. a soft padded sofa Source: wordnet

11. n. an unfledged pigeon Source: wordnet

12. 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton. 2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King. 1. (Zoöl.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. 2. A person of a short, fat figure. Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper. 3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. Dickens. On her large squab you find her spread. Pope. With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar] The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. L'Estrange. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.] Source: webster

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