squat, squatting
(noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
(verb) sit on one’s heels; “In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting”; “The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm”
squat
(verb) occupy (a dwelling) illegally
squat
(verb) be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; “The building squatted low”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
squatting (countable and uncountable, plural squattings)
The posture of one who squats.
The act or general practice of occupying a building or land without the permission of the owner.
squatting
present participle of squat
Source: Wiktionary
Squat, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The angel fish (Squatina angelus
Squat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squatting.] Etym: [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.
Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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