squat

Noun
  1. Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent;
    Strengthens the leg muscles (synset 100631311)
    is a type of: leg exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles
    same as: knee bend, squatting
  2. A small worthless amount (synset 113795187)
    "you don't know jack"
    is a type of: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
    same as: diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit
  3. The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels (synset 100345768)
    is a type of: motility, motion, move, movement - a change of position that does not entail a change of location
    same as: squatting
Adjective
  1. Short and thick;
    As e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature (synset 302395530)
    "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"
    similar to: little, short - low in stature; not tall
    same as: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy
  2. Having a low center of gravity;
    Built low to the ground (synset 301210369)
    similar to: low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
    same as: underslung
Verb
  1. Sit on one's heels (synset 201548096)
    "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
    is a type of: sit, sit down - be seated
    same as: crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up
  2. Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide (synset 202731437)
    "The building squatted low"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  3. Occupy (a dwelling) illegally (synset 202655814)
    is a type of: lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place)

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