SQUATTING

squat, squatting

(noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

SQUAT

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

Noun

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.

Verb

squatting

present participle of squat

Source: Wiktionary

SQUAT

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