Definitions of squat [ɒt]

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Definition of 'squat'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) squat
to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body.

2.  squat
to crouch, as an animal.

3.  squat
to occupy property or settle land as a squatter.

4. (v.t.) squat
to cause to squat.

5.  squat
to occupy or settle as a squatter.

6. (adj.) squat
disproportionately short and thickset.

7.  squat
assuming a squatting position; crouching.

8. (n.) squat
the act of squatting.

9.  squat
a squatting position or posture.

10.  squat
a place occupied by squatters.

Etymology: (1250–1300; (v.) ME squatten < OF esquater, esquatir=es-ex -¹+quatir < VL *coāctīre to compress, der. of L coāctus, ptp. of cōgere to compress; see cogent)

Definition of 'squat'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) knee bend, squat, squatting
exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

2. (noun) jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit
a small worthless amount
"you don't know jack"

3. (adj) squat, squatting
the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

4. (adj) chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy
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"

5. (verb) squat, underslung
having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

6. (verb) squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
sit on one's heels
"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

7. (verb) squat
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
"The building squatted low"

8. (verb) squat
occupy (a dwelling) illegally

Definition of 'squat'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) squat
sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching

2. (adj) squat
short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting

3. (noun) squat
the angel fish (Squatina angelus)

4. (noun) squat
the posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground

5. (noun) squat
a sudden or crushing fall

6. (noun) squat
a small vein of ore

7. (noun) squat
a mineral consisting of tin ore and spar

8. (verb) squat
to sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire

9. (verb) squat
to sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit

10. (verb) squat
to settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands

11. (verb) squat
to bruise or make flat by a fall

Translation of 'squat'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to sit down on the heels or in a crouching position The beggar squatted all day in the market place.
Afrikaans: hurk	Arabic: يُقَرْفِص	Bulgarian: (при)клякам
Brazilian: acocorar-se	Czech: sedět na bobku	German: kauern
Danish: sidde på hug	Greek: κάθομαι στις φτέρνες ζαρω	Estonian: kükitama
Farsi: چمباتمه زدن	Finnish: kyykkiä	French: s'accroupir
Hebrew: לָשֶבֶת עַל הָעֲקבִים	Hindi: पालथी मारकर बैठना	Croatian: čučati, sjediti podvinuti
Hungarian: guggol	Indonesian: jongkok	Icelandic: sitjaá hækjum sér
Italian: accovacciarsi	Japanese: しゃがむ	Korean: 웅크리고 앉다
Lithuanian: tupėti, kiurksoti	Latvian: tupēt; notupties	Malay: bertinggung
Dutch: hurken	Norwegian: sitte på huk	Polish: przykucnąć, siedzieć w ku
Portuguese: acocorar-se	Romanian: a se ghemui	Russian: сидеть на корточках
Slovak: sedieť v drepe	Slovenian: čepeti	Serbian: boraviti
Swedish: sitta på huk	Thai: นั่งยอง ๆ	Turkish: çömelmek
Taiwanese: 蹲踞，蹲下	Ukrainian: сидіти навпочіпки	Urdu: زمین پر دو زانو بیٹھنا
Vietnamese: ngồi xổm	Chinese: 蹲坐，蹲下
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