Usually means: Young pigeon used as food.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. squab: Merriam-Webster
  2. squab: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. squab: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. squab: Collins English Dictionary
  5. squab: Vocabulary.com
  6. Squab, squab: Wordnik
  7. squab: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. squab: Wiktionary
  9. squab: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. squab: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. squab: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. squab: Dictionary.com
  13. squab: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Squab (disambiguation), Squab (food), Squab: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Squab: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. squab: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. squab: Rhymezone
  18. Squab: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. squab: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. squab: FreeDictionary.org
  21. squab: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. squab: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. squab: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Squab: Linda's Culinary Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squab: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. squab: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. squab, squab, squab, squab: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. squab: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (squab)

noun:  (countable, sometimes attributive) A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken.
noun:  (uncountable) The meat of such a baby bird used as food.
noun:  (countable) A baby rook.
noun:  (countable) A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
noun:  (countable) A person of a short, fat figure.
verb:  (obsolete) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
verb:  (transitive) To furnish with squabs, or cushions.
verb:  (transitive) To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.
adjective:  Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
adjective:  Unfledged; unfeathered.
adjective:  Clumsy.
adjective:  Curt; abrupt.
adjective:  Shy; coy.
adverb:  (slang) With a heavy fall; plump.

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