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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.
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.
squat. (skwŏt) v. squat·ted, squat·ting, squats. v.intr. 1. To sit in a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels. 2. To crouch down, as an animal does. 3. To settle on unoccupied land without legal claim. 4. To occupy a given piece of public land in order to acquire title to it. v.tr. 1.
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.
Squat definition: To sit in a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels.
Definition of squat verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. to crouch down or cower, as an animal. Law to settle on or occupy property, esp. otherwise unoccupied property, without any title, right, or payment of rent.
to bend your legs so that you are sitting with your bottom very close to the ground: He squatted down beside me. squatverb[I] (LIVE) to live in an empty building without the owner's permission. squat. adjective. uk/skwɒt/us. short and wide: a squat little man. squat. noun [ C ] uk/skwɒt/us.
