squat (n.)

  1. exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

    [ Syn: knee bend , squatting ]

  2. a small worthless amount; you dont know jack

    [ Syn: jack , doodly-squat , diddly-squat , diddlysquat , diddly-shit , diddlyshit , diddly , diddley , shit ]

  3. the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

    [ Syn: squatting ]

    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 ]

    squat (v.)

  1. 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 ]

  2. be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; The building squatted low'

  3. occupy (a dwelling) illegally

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