squab

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable) A fledgling (young) bird.
2. (attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable) A fledgling (young) bird.
3. (attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable) A fledgling (young) bird.
4. (uncountable) The meat of young dove or pigeon, typically under four weeks old, used as food.
5. (countable) A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
6. (countable) A person of a short, fat figure.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
2. (transitive) To furnish with squabs, or cushions.
3. (transitive) To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.

Adj

1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
2. Unfledged; unfeathered.
3. Clumsy.
4. Curt; abrupt.
5. Shy; coy.

Adv

With a heavy fall; plump.

Έννοιες

πιτσούνι

κοντόχονδρος

μαξιλάρα

περιστεράκι

νεογνό τρυπανοκόρακα

νεοσσός τρυπανοκόρακα

Συνώνυμα

squat

squabby

dove

🕊️

dumpy

pillow

piper

podgy

pudgy

roly poly

squabble

stocky

stumpy

tubby

unfledged

wood pigeon

game bird

squatty

pillow of feather

chubby

chanky

couch

🛋️

cushion

Μεταφράσεις

pigeonneau

palomino

borracho

bodur

coussin

persona rechoncha

sedir

coxim

Jungtaube

colombe

🕊️

ungefiedert

coixí

petit de la corneille

petit du freux

bébé freux

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈskwɒb/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Unknown. Possibly related to dialectal Swedish skvabb (“fatty, flabby”). First attested in the 17th century.