squat

[Squat]

If you crouch down very low and sit on your heels, you squat. If you have to talk to a small child, you might have to squat to talk face to face.

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The angel fish (Squatina angelus

Noun
the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position

Noun
exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles

Noun
a small worthless amount; "you don''t know jack"

Verb
sit on one''s heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

Verb
occupy (a dwelling) illegally

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Verb
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"

Adjective S.
having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

Adjective S.
short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty


n.
The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

v. t.
To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.

v. t.
To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.

v. t.
To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.

v. t.
To bruise or make flat by a fall.

a.
Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

a.
Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.

n.
The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

n.
A sudden or crushing fall.

n.
A small vein of ore.

n.
A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.


Squat

Squat , n. (Zo'94l.) The angel fish (Squatina angelus

Squat

Squat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squatting.] [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. cogere to drive or urge together. See Cogent, Squash, v. t.] 1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire. 2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit. 3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.

Squat

Squat, v. t. To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]

Squat

Squat, a. 1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Him there they found, Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.
2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting. "The round, squat turret." R. Browning.
The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat.

Squat

Squat, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] erbert. 3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. Halliwell. Woodward. Squat snipe (Zo'94l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]

The angel fish (Squatina angelus

To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.

To bruise or make flat by a fall.

Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

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Usage Examples

Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd been living in a Third World country, and I said, 'I'm going to just squat behind a tree.' I basically did that but in a chair in my living room. I didn't want a sterile hospital room. I didn't want doctors. I had a midwife.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps.

My mom passed away at 41 from diabetes. And I'm 42, thank you. I didn't want to do that to my son. So any time I was at the gym, that thing that helped me do that last squat was my son calling some other woman mommy. And that would just give me that extra oomph to do that last squat. I want to be around for him.

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