Definition: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
Similar words: motility, motion, move, movement
Definition: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Usage: the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise; movement is a sign of life; an impatient move of his hand; gastrointestinal motility
Synonyms: knee bend, squat, squatting
Definition: exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
Similar words: leg exercise
Definition: exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles
Synonyms: doodly-squat, diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, jack, shit, squat
Definition: a small worthless amount
Usage: you don't know jack
Similar words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
Definition: an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
Synonyms: 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
Synonyms: squat
Definition: occupy (a dwelling) illegally
Similar words: occupy, reside, lodge in
Definition: live (in a certain place)
Usage: She resides in Princeton; he occupies two rooms on the top floor
Synonyms: squat
Definition: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
Usage: The building squatted low
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Synonyms: squat, underslung
Definition: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
Similar words: low
Definition: literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
Usage: low ceilings; low clouds; low hills; the sun is low; low furniture; a low bow
Synonyms: 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
Definition: low in stature; not tall
Usage: he was short and stocky; short in stature; a short smokestack; a little man