quab

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/kwɒb/

noun

An unfledged bird; squab, or (by extension, obsolete) Something immature or unfinished.

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Meanings

quab1

nounquab (plural quabs)

plural quabs

  1. An unfledged bird; squab, or (by extension, obsolete) Something immature or unfinished.

    You’ll take it well enough; a scholar's fancy, A quab; ’tis nothing else, a very quab

    1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy

quab2

verbquab (third-person singular simple present quabs, present participle quabbing, simple past and past participle quabbed)

present singular third person quabs · participle present quabbing · participle past quabbed · past quabbed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of quob.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
nestling

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with quab

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Anagrams

Quba
Cite this entry
APA

quab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quab

MLA

“quab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quab. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quab,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quab.

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