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squabbed

squabbed is the simple past and past participle of squab.

Meaning of squab

Verb

squab (third-person singular simple present squabs, present participle squabbing, simple past and past participle squabbed)

  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.

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Questions about squabbed

What is squabbed the simple past and past participle of?
Squabbed is the simple past and past participle of squab.

Words near squabbed in the dictionary

  1. squab pies
  2. squabash
  3. squabashed
  4. squabashes
  5. squabashing
  6. squabbed
  7. squabbing
  8. squabbish
  9. squabble
  10. squabbled
  11. squabbler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: squabbed (page history and authors); squab (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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