Definitions for squat

Definitions for (noun) squat

Main entry: squat, squatting

Definition: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels


Main entry: knee bend, squat, squatting

Definition: exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles


Main entry: doodly-squat, diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, jack, shit, squat

Definition: a small worthless amount

Usage: you don't know jack


Definitions for (verb) squat

Main entry: crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, squat, hunker, hunker down

Definition: sit on one's heels

Usage: In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting; The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm


Main entry: squat

Definition: occupy (a dwelling) illegally


Main entry: squat

Definition: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

Usage: The building squatted low


Definitions for (adj) squat

Main entry: squat, underslung

Definition: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground


Main entry: low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy, dumpy, chunky

Definition: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

Usage: 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


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