Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To shake; tremble; quiver; throb; flutter.
- n. A bog or quagmire.
- n. A fish, the eel-pout or miller's-thumb.
- n. A gudgeon. Also quabling and quap.
- n. A squab, or other unfledged young bird. See squab.
- n. Something immature or crude.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.
- v. See quob, v. i.
Examples
“Sir T. Hanner reads _quab_, a _gudgeon_; not that a gudgeon can be _rubbed_ to much”
“They call it quap, or quab, or quabb," said Gordon-Nasmyth; "but our relations weren't friendly enough to get the accent right ....”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘quab’.
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phrontistery - q
from phrontistery.info
quoz, quotuple, quotum, quotition, quotiety, quotidian, quotha, quotennial, quotatious, quorate, quondam, quomodocunquize and 227 more...
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Twitchy
The (not always so) smoovements; scattered, oscillating, jerky, and unpredictable.
palpitation, scravel, jactitate, pounce, wobble, vibrate, undulate, didder, effleurage, flail, ague, swerve and 169 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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favorite words
sawbones, grackle, celadon, brio, loam, trull, mint, saliva, serape, frisson, impasto, reek and 547 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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Things Avian
Wordies relating to birdies. :-)
calidrid, corvid, avian, avifauna, beak, brood, aerie, altricial, albumen, winged, wattle, covey and 217 more...
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Miscellany...
Words that make me giggle
wankle, quixotic, fizgig, tweak, squib, quark, squelch, flume, folderol, crwth, squeegee, wiener and 38 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for quab.
truthisbrief "A crude or shapeless thing." (Via the OED.) Apr 22, 2011
whichbe To throb; to quiver. (from Phrontistery) May 23, 2008