Noun
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the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
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a small worthless amount
"you don't know jack"
- doodly squat - diddly squat - diddly shit - diddlyshit -
exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent
strengthens the leg muscles
- knee bend
Verb
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occupy (a dwelling) illegally
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be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
"The building squatted low"
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sit on one's heels
"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
"The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
- scrunch up - hunker down
Adjective
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having a low center of gravity
built low to the ground
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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"
- low set