Squab

Definition: Squab

Squab

Adjective

1. Short and fat.

Noun

1. Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled.

2. A soft padded sofa.

3. An unfledged pigeon.

Date "squab" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	A fledgling pigeon about four weeks old. Source: European Union. (references)
Slang in 1811	SQUAB. A fat man or woman: from their likeness to a well-stuffed couch, called also a squab. A new-hatched chicken. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Squab

Synonyms: squabby (adj), dove (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Breadth, Thickness	Thick, dumpy, squab, squat, thickset; thick as a rope.
Shortness	Adjective: short, brief, curt; compendious, compact; stubby, scrimp; shorn, stubbed; stumpy, thickset, pug; chunky, decurtate; retrousse; stocky; squab, squabby; squat, dumpy; little; curtailed of its fair proportions; short by; oblate; concise; summary.
Size	Corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing; portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown; corn fed, gram fed; stalwart, brawny, fleshy; goodly; in good case, in good condition; in condition; chopping, jolly; chub faced, chubby faced.
Support	Seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo, faldstool, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki, lamba kursi; saddle, pannel, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Squab

English words defined with "squab": dove ♦ Pundle. (references)

Specialty definitions using "squab": Poet Squab. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	We're having squab this evening. (Leave It to Beaver; writing credit: Katherine Albert; Joe Connelly)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Complete Book of Chicken: Turkey, Game Hen, Duck, Goose, Quail, Squab, and Pheasant (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Thus did the Great Squab Syndicate soar. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Squab" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Squab" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	87.5%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	12.5%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	8	N/A

Expressions using "squab": sea squab ♦ squab chick ♦ squab pie. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "squab": Squab-chick.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "squab"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shkurtalaq (dumpy, squabby), shilte (Hassock, pad), zogth (chick, nestling, squeaker, squealer), pëllumb (darling, dove, pigeon), kanape (Chesterfield, daybed, sofa), i porsaçelur. (various references)

Arabic		‏قصير وبدين (podgy, pudgy, stocky, stumpy, tubby), ‏وسادة السيارة, ‏وسادة (bolster, cushion, pad, pillow), ‏عريض (beamy, broad, floppy, wide), ‏خارج حديثا من بيضة, ‏الزغلول فرخ الحمام, ‏أريكة (armchair, couch, davenport, divan, settee, sofa), ‏رجل سمين, ‏شاب مخدوع. (various references)

Bulgarian		трътлест (dumpy), кушетка (couch, davenport, daybed, divan bed, pouf, sofa), нисък и дебел човек, нисък и дебел (squat), мека възглавничка на стол, младо неоперено гълъбче, младо неоперено гардже. (various references)

Czech		bachratý (potbellied, squabby), bác. (various references)

Danish		ungdue (squeaker), dueunge (squeaker). (various references)

Dutch		nestling (squeaker), jonge duif (squeaker), duivenkuiken (squeaker). (various references)

Farsi		نیمکت (Bench, Couch, Seat, Settee, Sofa), چاق وچله (Buxom, Lob, Plump), کوسن (Cushion), تپلی (Rondure), خپله (Chubby, Dumpy, Pudgy, Rotund, Squatty, Stump), جوجه (Bird, Chick). (various references)

Finnish		kyyhkysen poikanen (squeaker), kyyhkynpoikanen (squeaker). (various references)

French		pigeonneau (squeaker), dossier. (various references)

German		Jungtaube (squeaker). (various references)

Greek		πιτσούνι (young pigeon), περιστεράκι. (various references)

Hungarian		köpcös ember, köpcös (dumpy, podgy, pursy, squabby, stocky, stodgy, stubby, stumpy, thick-set, tubby). (various references)

Italian		piccioncino (squeaker). (various references)

Pig Latin		absquay

Portuguese		borracho (drunk, drunkard, rummy, screwed, toper). (various references)

Romanian		pui de porumbel, pernã (cushion, pad, pillow), golaş (barren, callow, featherless, fledgeless, hairless, naked), fãrã pene (callow, featherless, fledgeless), canapea capitonatã, bondoc (dumpling, dumpy, runt, Square, stocky, stumpy), îndesat (compact, crowded, dumpy, heavy, squat, stocky, stuffed, stumpy, thickset). (various references)

Russian		кушетка (couch, daybed, day-bed, divan bed, divan-bed), короткий и толстый (podgy, squabby, stubby), неоперившийся голубь. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zdepast (chunky, dumpy, podgy, squat, squatty, stocky, stubby, stumpy, thickset, tubby), golupče, goluždravac (eyas, fledgeling, fledgling, nestling), goluždrav (eyas, fledgling). (various references)

Spanish		pichón (dove, duck, fledgeling, fledgling, pigeon). (various references)

Swedish		ungduva (squeaker), rulta (joggle, podgy woman, roly poly, waddle), kort och tjock (dumpy, squat, stocky, stubby, stumpy), fågelunge (chick, nestling), dyna (cushion, pad, pillow). (various references)

Thai		ลูกนก. (various references)

Turkish		minder (cushion, mattress), güvercin yavrusu (squealler). (various references)

Ukrainian		товстяк, неоперене пташеня, неоперений (callow), присадкуватий (stocky). (various references)

Vietnamese		người béo lùn chim b�" câu non, chim b�" câu chưa ra r� ng gối. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Late Latin	300-700	pipionem. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "squab": squabbier, squabbiest, squabble, squabbled, squabbler, squabblers, squabbles, squabbling, squabby, squabs. (additional references)
	Words containing "squab": usquabae, usquabaes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Squab" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aquib, Qsubd, Quatbi, sgab, siquib, skab, sqa, sqaul, sqea, squa, squabe, squabo, squag, squai, squak, squan, squao, squap, squar, squav, squay, squb, sque, squibb, squiby, squic, squif, squig, squip, squiv, squiz, suba. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-q-s-u"
	-1 letter: suba.
	-2 letters: abs, bas, bus, qua, sab, sau, sub, suq.
	-3 letters: ab, as, ba, us.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-q-s-u"
	+1 letter: basque, buqsha, squabs.
	+2 letters: barques, basques, buqshas, squabby.
	+3 letters: arquebus, banquets, baroques, squabble, usquabae, usquebae.
	+4 letters: arabesque, barbeques, bequeaths, harquebus, squabbier, squabbled, squabbler, squabbles, usquabaes, usquebaes.
	+5 letters: arabesques, arquebuses, banqueters, banquettes, barquettes, quebrachos, quillbacks, squabbiest, squabblers, squabbling, squeezable, subaquatic, subaqueous, usquebaugh.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
squab	37
peugeot squab	6
squab recipe	3
band pigeon squab	2
production squab	2
kymco squab	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Squab

Definition: Squab

Squab

Adjective

Noun

Specialty Definition: Squab

Synonyms: Squab

Synonyms within Context: Squab

Breadth, Thickness

Shortness

Size

Support

Crosswords: Squab

Modern Usage: Squab

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Commercial Usage: Squab

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Photo Album: Squab

Usage Frequency: Squab

Expressions: Squab

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Squab

Modern Translation: Squab

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Anagrams: Squab

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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