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squat
v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: {crouch}, {scrunch},
{scrunch up}, {hunker}, {hunker down}]
2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The
building squatted low"
3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally
[also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]
squat
n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position;
strengthens the leg muscles [syn: {knee bend}, {squatting}]
2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: {jack},
{diddly-squat}, {diddlysquat}, {diddly-shit}, {diddlyshit},
{diddly}, {diddley}, {shit}]
3: the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
[syn: {squatting}]
[also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]
squat
adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy
musculature; "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" [syn: {chunky},
{dumpy}, {low-set}, {squatty}, {stumpy}]
2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
[syn: {underslung}]
[also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]
squattest
See {squat}