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squabbish

squabbish adjective: thickly built; fat; heavy.

Adjective

squabbish (comparative more squabbish, superlative most squabbish)

  1. thickly built; fat; heavy

Forms of squabbish

comparativemore squabbish
superlativemost squabbish

Origin of squabbish

From squab + -ish.

Questions about squabbish

What does squabbish mean?
Squabbish means thickly built; fat; heavy.
What part of speech is squabbish?
Squabbish is an adjective.

Words near squabbish in the dictionary

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

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