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squat

/skwɒt/

noun

Meaning

  • Nothing; nothing whatsoever.

noun

Meaning

  • A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

  • (exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.

  • A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.

  • A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.

  • A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.

  • A sudden or crushing fall.

  • A small vein of ore.

  • A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

verb

Meaning

  • To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

  • (exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.

  • To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.

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

  • To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.

adjective

Meaning

  • Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.

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