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Squat Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Squat?
[n] the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
[n] exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles [n] a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [adj] having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [adj] 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 red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [v] sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting" [v] occupy (a dwelling) illegally [v] be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low" Synonyms | Synonyms for Squat: chunky | crouch | diddley | diddly | diddlyshit | diddly-shit | diddlysquat | diddly-squat | dumpy | hunker down | jack | low | low-set | scrunch | scrunch up | shit | short | squatting | squatty | stumpy | underslung Related Terms | Find terms related to Squat: See Also | be | leg exercise | lodge in | motility | motion | move | movement | occupy | reside | sit | sit down | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity Squat In Webster's Dictionary \Squat\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The angel fish ({Squatina angelus}).
\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\, v. t. To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.] \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. --Milton. 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. --Grew. \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["o]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also {squatter}. [Local, U.S.] |
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