To fall plump; strike heavily; flap; flop. They watched the street, and beheld ladies in … short cloaks with hoods squabbing behind (known as cardinals).To squeeze; knoek; beat.So as to strike with a crash; with a heavy fall; plump.Fat; short and stout; plump; bulky.Short; curt; abrupt.Unfledged, newly hatched, or not yet-having attained the full growth, as a dove or a pigeon.Hence Shy, as from extreme youth; coy.n. A young animal in its earliest period; a young beast or bird before the hair or feathers appear.n. A short, fat, flabby person: also used figuratively.n. A thickly stuffed cushion, especially one for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, to which it may or may not be attached.n. A sofa in which there is no part of the frame visible, and which is stuffed and caught through with strong thread at regular intervals, but so as to be very soft.n. An ottoman.To stuff thickly and catch through with thread at regular intervals, as a cushion.