English-Thai Dictionary

squab

N ลูก นก  luk-nok

 

squabble

N การทะเลาะ กัน  การโต้เถียง  การ ต่อล้อต่อเถียง  argument dispute quarrel kan-ta-lor-kan

 

squabble

VI ทะเลาะ กัน  โต้เถียง  ต่อล้อต่อเถียง  argue dipute quarrel ta-lor-kan

 

squabble about

PHRV โต้เถียง เกี่ยวกับ  argue about bicker about quarrel about wrangle about squabble over to-ting-kiao-kab

 

squabble over

PHRV โต้เถียง เกี่ยวกับ  argue about bicker about quarrel about wrangle about squabble over to-ting-kiao-kab

 

squabble with

PHRV ทะเลาะ กับ  โต้เถียง กับ  argue against argue with quarrel with row with ta-lor-kab

 

squabby

A อ้วน เตี้ย 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SQUAB

a.[G., plump, sleek; to be plump or sleek, and to vibrate. ] 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
Nor the squab daughter, nor the wife were nice.
2. Unfledged; unfethered; as a squab pigeon.

 

SQUAB

n. 1. A young pigeon or dove. [This word is in common or general use in America, and almost the only sense in which it is used is the one here given. It is sometimes used in the sense of fat, plump. ]
2. A kind of sofa or couch; a stuffed cushion. [Not used in America. ]

 

SQUAB

adv. Striking at once; with a heavy fall; plump. The eagle dropped the tortoise squab upon a rock. [Low and not used. ]
[The vulgar word awhap or whop, is used in a like sense in America. It is found in Chaucer. ]

 

SQUAB

v.i.To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Not used. ]

 

SQUABBISH, SQUABBY

a.Thick; fat; heavy.

 

SQUABBLE

v.i.[I know not the origin of this word, but it seems to be from the root of wabble; G., to vibrate, to quake, to be sleek. See Squab. ] 1. To contend for superiority; to scuffle; to struggle; as, two persons squabble in sport.
2. To contend; to wrangle; to quarrel.
3. To debate peevishly; to dispute. If there must be disputes, it is less criminal to squabble than to murder.
[Squabble is not an elegant word in any of its uses. In some of them it is low. ]

 

SQUABBLE

n.A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl; a petty quarrel.

 

SQUABBLER

n.A contentious person; a brawler.

 

SQUABBLING

ppr. Scuffling; contending; wrangling.

 

SQUAB-PIE

n.[squab and pie. ] A pie made of squabs or young pigeons.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SQUAB

Squab, a. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. quab. ]

 

1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton.

 

2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.

 

SQUAB

SQUAB Squab, n.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A neatling 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

Squab, adv. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged. ]

 

Defn: 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

SQUAB Squab, v. i.

 

Defn: To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs. ]

 

SQUABASH

SQUABASH Squa *bash ", v. t.

 

Defn: To crush; to quash; to squash. [Colloq. or Slang, Scot. ] Sir W. Scott.

 

SQUABBISH

SQUABBISH Squab "bish, a.

 

Defn: Thick; fat; heavy.

 

SQUABBLE

Squab "ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squabbled; p. pr. & vb. n.Squabbling. ] Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to chide. ]

 

1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

 

2. To debate peevishly; to dispute. The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. I. Watts.

 

Syn. -- To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.

 

SQUABBLE

SQUABBLE Squab "ble, v. t. (Print. )

 

Defn: To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up.

 

SQUABBLE

SQUABBLE Squab "ble, n.

 

Defn: A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.

 

SQUABBLER

SQUABBLER Squab "bler, n.

 

Defn: One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler.

 

SQUABBY

SQUABBY Squab "by, a.

 

Defn: Short and thick; suqabbish.

 

SQUAB-CHICK

SQUAB-CHICK Squab "-chick `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A young chicken before it is fully fledged. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

squab

squab |skwäb skwɑb | ▶noun 1 a young unfledged pigeon. • the flesh of such a bird as food: roast squab. 2 a thick stuffed cushion, esp. one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. ▶adjective archaic (of a person ) short and fat. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘inexperienced person ’): of unknown origin; compare with obsolete quab ‘shapeless thing ’ and Swedish dialect skvabba ‘fat woman. ’

 

squabble

squab ble |ˈskwäbəl ˈskwɑbəl | ▶noun a noisy quarrel about something petty or trivial: family squabbles. ▶verb [ no obj. ] quarrel noisily over a trivial matter: the boys were squabbling over a ball. DERIVATIVES squab bler |ˈskwäb (ə )lər |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: probably imitative; compare with Swedish dialect skvabbel ‘a dispute. ’

 

squab pie

squab pie ▶noun Brit. 1 pigeon pie. 2 archaic a pie with a thick crust containing mutton, pork, onions, and apples. [early 18th cent.: regional use. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

squab

squab |skwɒb | ▶noun 1 a young unfledged pigeon. 2 Brit. the padded back or side of a vehicle seat. • a thick stuffed cushion, especially one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. ▶adjective archaic (of a person ) short and fat. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘inexperienced person ’): of unknown origin; compare with obsolete quab ‘shapeless thing ’ and Swedish dialect skvabba ‘fat woman ’.

 

squabble

squab ¦ble |ˈskwɒb (ə )l | ▶noun a noisy quarrel about something trivial: family squabbles. ▶verb [ no obj. ] quarrel noisily over a trivial matter: the boys were squabbling over a ball. DERIVATIVES squabbler noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: probably imitative; compare with Swedish dialect skvabbel ‘a dispute ’.

 

squab pie

squab pie ▶noun Brit. 1 pigeon pie. 2 archaic a pie with a thick crust containing mutton, pork, onions, and apples. [early 18th cent.: regional use. ]

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

squabble

squabble noun there was a squabble over which way they should go: quarrel, disagreement, argument, contretemps, falling-out, dispute, clash, blowup, altercation, shouting match, row, exchange, war of words; informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat, scrap, rhubarb. ▶verb the boys were squabbling over a ball: quarrel, argue, bicker, fall out, disagree, have words, dispute, spar, cross swords, lock horns, be at loggerheads; informal scrap.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

squabble

squabble noun there was a squabble over which way they should go: quarrel, row, argument, fight, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, shouting match, exchange, war of words; tussle, conflict, fracas, affray, wrangle, tangle, passage of /at arms, battle royal; Irish, N. Amer., & Austral. donnybrook; informal tiff, set-to, run-in, shindig, shindy, stand-up, spat, scrap, dust-up; Brit. informal barney, slanging match, bunfight, ding-dong, bust-up, ruck; Scottish informal rammy; N. Amer. informal rhubarb; archaic broil, miff; Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie; French archaic tracasserie (s ).▶verb the boys were squabbling over a ball: quarrel, row, argue, bicker, have a row /fight, fight, fall out, disagree, fail to agree, differ, be at odds, have a misunderstanding, be at variance, have words, dispute, spar, wrangle, bandy words, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other's throats, be at loggerheads; informal scrap, go at it hammer and tongs, argufy; archaic altercate, chop logic; Scottish archaic threap.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

squab

squab /skwɑb |skwɔb /名詞 C (まだ羽毛のない )子バト .

 

squabble

squab ble /skwɑ́b (ə )l |skwɔ́b (ə )l /動詞 自動詞 【重要でない事について 】言い合う, 口論する «about , over » (!主語はしばしば複数 ) .名詞 C 口論, 口げんか .