squats

v. sit on one's haunches, crouch down low; occupy land by settling on it (legally or illegally)

The word squat, squatter or squatting can refer to:A squat is a kind of sitting position.Squatting (pastoral) is a term from Australian history, referring to the action of a person (the squatter) who occupied a large tract of Crown Land in order to graze livestock.Squatter (game), a popular Australian board game about managing such a sheep-station.Squatting is a term for inhabiting an abandoned or unused building or plot of land without owning it; a person squatting is known as a squatter, and the house or building occupied by squatters is known as a squat.Cybersquatting refers to registering Internet domain names similar to popular trademarks with the intent to extort the trademark holder. A species of Flanimal from the book More Flanimals by Ricky GervaisA squat toilet is a type of toilet where the user squats rather than sits on a seat.Squat (exercise), a lower-body exercise in strength and conditioning. It is a compound, multi-joint movement completed typically in the frontal plane without the use of a machine. Variations include the back squat, front squat, split squat, and single-leg squat. All variations may be completed with barbells, dumbbells, or with only the body weight of the exerciser. The squat may be modified to work within the needs of the health professional for physical therapy, athletic training, sport-specific training, or general health and fitness. In slang, squat is a term which can mean "of little or no value", as in "this computer isn't worth squat."Squat is the alternate name of the titular character in Scott Adams's comic .Squat (shipping term), used to describe a number of hydrodynamic phenomena.Squats (Warhammer 40,000) are a race in Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe.Diddly-Squat means nothing. Like, "I owe you diddly squat!"Squatting attack, in Computer Science, is a kind of attack involving shared synchronization objects.
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Noun
1. exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles
(synonym) knee bend, squatting
(hypernym) leg exercise
(derivation) crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
2. a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"
(synonym) jack, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, shit
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
3. the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
(synonym) squatting
(hypernym) motion, movement, move, motility
(derivation) crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
Verb
1. sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
(synonym) crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
(hypernym) sit, sit down
(derivation) squatting
2. be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"
(hypernym) be
3. occupy (a dwelling) illegally
(hypernym) occupy, reside, lodge in
(derivation) squatter
Adjective
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"
(synonym) chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy
(similar) short
2. having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
(synonym) underslung
(similar) low

n. squatting

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