squat
squat
skwɑt
skvaat
/skwˈɒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "squat"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻŦ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻž

to go to a position in which the knees are bent and the back of thighs are touching or very close to one's heels
Intransitive
to squat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The baseball catcher squatted behind the plate, ready to receive the pitcher's throw.
āĻŦ⧇āϏāĻŦāϞ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ, āĻĒāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĨā§āϰ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to occupy a building or settle on a piece of land without the owner's permission or legal right
Intransitive: to squat somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The group of protesters decided to squat on the vacant lot to draw attention to the lack of affordable housing.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āϜāĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§‹āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ, āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀

short and broad in stature, often with a thick and sturdy build
squat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite his squat stature, he was incredibly strong and athletic.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§‹āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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having a low center of gravity

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Squat buildings are common in earthquake-prone areas.
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a building or house occupied without the owner's permission or without paying rent

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an exercise performed by bending the knees and lowering the body to strengthen the legs

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Squats target the thighs and glutes.
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the act of crouching or lowering the body with knees bent and buttocks near the heels

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a very small or negligible amount

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She cared squat about the rumors.

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