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verb
- 1. crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs: "I squatted down in front of him"
- 2. unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or settle on a piece of land: "eight families are squatting in the house"
adjective
- 1. short and thickset; disproportionately broad or wide: "he was muscular and squat" Similar
noun
- 1. a squatting position.
- 2. a building occupied by people living in it without the legal right to do so: "a basement room in a North London squat"
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SQUAT definition: 1. to position yourself close to the ground balancing on the front part of your feet with your legs…. Learn more.
1. : to crouch close to the ground as if to escape observation. a hare squatting in the grass. 2. a. : to assume or maintain a position in which the body is supported on the feet and the knees are bent so that the buttocks rest on or near the heels. squatted by the campfire. b. : to exercise by performing a squat (see squat entry 3 sense 3a) 3.
Squat definition: to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.. See examples of SQUAT used in a sentence.
n. 1. The act of squatting. 2. A squatting or crouching posture. 3. Sports A lift or a weightlifting exercise in which one squats and stands while holding a weighted barbell supported by the back of the shoulders. 4. Chiefly British The place occupied by a squatter. 5. The lair of an animal such as a hare. 6.
If you describe someone or something as squat, you mean they are short and thick, usually in an unattractive way. He was a short squat fellow in his forties with thinning hair. American English : squat / sˈkwɒt /
the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels. synonyms: squatting. see more. noun.
Definition of squat verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
