See Also: unpickupable(dictionary)
quab(medicine)
quab(1)(dictionary)
quab(2)(dictionary)

quab(1) (iou) and unpickupable (iou)


quab(1) (iou)



quab noun2.rare. E17.
[Middle Dutch, Middle Low German quabbe (Dutch kweb(be), (Low) German quabbe): cf. QUAB noun1, SQUAB noun.]
a. A sea-cucumber. Only in E17.
b. A burbot. E17-L18.
fig. A shapeless thing. Only in E17.

unpickupable (iou)



unpickupable adjective. colloq. L20.
[from UN-1 + pick up s.v. PICK verb1 + -ABLE.]
Of a book: so dull or difficult that one has no interest in resuming reading it. Cf. UNPUTDOWNABLE.