squab /ˈskwɑb/
 (a.)羽翼未豐的,矮胖的,剛孵出的雛鳥,矮胖子(ad.)沈重地


 Squab a.
 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
    Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.   --Betterton.
 2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.


 Squab, n.
 1. Zool. A nestling 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.


 Squab, adv.  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.


 Squab, v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.]

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 squab
      adj : short and fat [syn: squabby]
      n 1: flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh
           of a dove (young squab) may be broiled [syn: dove]
      2: a soft padded sofa
      3: an unfledged pigeon