Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quab

/kwɒb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quab
IPA: /kwɒb/

15

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

verb

Alternative form of quob.

Example Sentences

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

Inflected Forms

quabs (plural) quabs (present, singular) quabbing (participle, present) quabbed (participle, past) quabbed (past)

Rhymes With

job bob rob mob cobb knob gear knob ob sob fob blob cob

Questions

How do you pronounce quab?: The recorded pronunciation is /kwɒb/.
What does quab mean?: An unfledged bird; squab, or (by extension, obsolete) Something immature or unfinished.

How to pronounce quab

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