Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Thick; resembling a squab; squat.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Short and thick; sqabbish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Short and thick; squabbish.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective short and fat

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