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Defenition of the word squat

    • Defenition of the word squat

      • To sit in a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels.
      • To move into a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels.
      • A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders.
      • 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"
      • occupy (a dwelling) illegally
      • be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"
      • sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
      • the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
      • exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles
      • having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
      • a small worthless amount; "you don''t know jack"
      • sit on one''s heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
      • 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
      • the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
      • exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
      • a small worthless amount
      • sit on one's heels
      • be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
      • short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature

    Synonyms for the word squat

      • bend
      • chunky
      • cower
      • crouch
      • dumpy
      • hunker down
      • low-set
      • pudgy
      • scrunch
      • scrunch up
      • short
      • sit on your heels
      • squatting
      • squatty
      • stocky
      • stubby
      • stumpy
      • thick
      • thickset
      • underslung

    Similar words in the squat

      • low
      • short
      • squat
      • squats
      • squatted
      • squatter
      • squatter's
      • squattered
      • squattering
      • squatters
      • squattest
      • squatting

    Hypernyms for the word squat

      • be
      • leg exercise
      • lodge in
      • motility
      • motion
      • move
      • movement
      • occupy
      • reside
      • sit
      • sit down
      • small indefinite amount
      • small indefinite quantity

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