exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
a small worthless amount; you dont know jack
[ Syn: jack , doodly-squat , diddly-squat , diddlysquat , diddly-shit , diddlyshit , diddly , diddley , shit ]
the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
[ Syn: squatting ]
squat (n.)
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
having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
[ Syn: underslung ]
squat (adj.)
sit on ones 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 ]
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; The building squatted low'
occupy (a dwelling) illegally