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squat

(skwŏt)

v. squat·ted, squat·ting, squats

v.intr.

1. To sit in a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels.

2. To crouch down, as an animal does.

3. To settle on unoccupied land without legal claim.

4. To occupy a given piece of public land in order to acquire title to it.

v.tr.

1. To put (oneself) into a crouching posture.

2. To occupy as a squatter.

3. Sports To lift (an amount of weight) when doing a squat.

adj. squat·ter, squat·test

1. Short and thick; low and broad.

2. Crouched in a squatting position.

1. The act of squatting.

2. A squatting or crouching posture.

3. Sports A lift or a weightlifting exercise in which one squats and stands while holding a weighted barbell supported by the back of the shoulders.

4. Chiefly British The place occupied by a squatter.

5. The lair of an animal such as a hare.

6. Slang A small or worthless amount; diddly-squat.

[Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, to crush : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + quatir, to press flat (from Vulgar Latin *coāctīre, from Latin coāctus, past participle of cōgere, to compress : co-, co- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots).]

squat′ter n.

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squat

(skwɒt)

vb (intr) , squats, squatting or squatted

1. to rest in a crouching position with the knees bent and the weight on the feet

2. to crouch down, esp in order to hide

3. (Law) (tr) law to occupy land or property to which the occupant has no legal title

4. (Weightlifting) weightlifting to crouch down to one's knees and rise to a standing position while holding (a specified weight) behind one's neck

adj

Also: squatty short and broad: a squat chair.

5. a squatting position

6. (Weightlifting) weightlifting an exercise in which a person crouches down and rises up repeatedly while holding a barbell at shoulder height

7. a house occupied by squatters

[C13: from Old French esquater, from es- ex-¹ + catir to press together, from Vulgar Latin coactīre (unattested), from Latin cōgere to compress, from co- + agere to drive]

ˈsquatly adv

ˈsquatness n

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squat

(skwɒt)

v. squat•ted, squat•ting, v.i.

1. to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body.

2. to crouch, as an animal.

3. to occupy property or settle land as a squatter.

v.t.

4. to cause to squat.

5. to occupy or settle as a squatter.

adj.

6. disproportionately short and thickset.

7. assuming a squatting position; crouching.

8. the act of squatting.

9. a squatting position or posture.

10. a place occupied by squatters.

[1250–1300; (v.) Middle English squatten < Old French esquater, esquatir=es- ex-¹ + quatir < Vulgar Latin *coāctīre to compress, derivative of Latin coāctus, past participle of cōgere to compress; see cogent]

squat′ly, adv.

squat′ness, n.

Squat

of daubers: company of plasterers, 1450.

squat

Past participle: squatted
Gerund: squatting

Imperative
squat
squat

Present
I squat
you squat
he/she/it squats
we squat
you squat
they squat

Preterite
I squatted
you squatted
he/she/it squatted
we squatted
you squatted
they squatted

Present Continuous
I am squatting
you are squatting
he/she/it is squatting
we are squatting
you are squatting
they are squatting

Present Perfect
I have squatted
you have squatted
he/she/it has squatted
we have squatted
you have squatted
they have squatted

Past Continuous
I was squatting
you were squatting
he/she/it was squatting
we were squatting
you were squatting
they were squatting

Past Perfect
I had squatted
you had squatted
he/she/it had squatted
we had squatted
you had squatted
they had squatted

Future
I will squat
you will squat
he/she/it will squat
we will squat
you will squat
they will squat

Future Perfect
I will have squatted
you will have squatted
he/she/it will have squatted
we will have squatted
you will have squatted
they will have squatted

Future Continuous
I will be squatting
you will be squatting
he/she/it will be squatting
we will be squatting
you will be squatting
they will be squatting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been squatting
you have been squatting
he/she/it has been squatting
we have been squatting
you have been squatting
they have been squatting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been squatting
you will have been squatting
he/she/it will have been squatting
we will have been squatting
you will have been squatting
they will have been squatting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been squatting
you had been squatting
he/she/it had been squatting
we had been squatting
you had been squatting
they had been squatting

Conditional
I would squat
you would squat
he/she/it would squat
we would squat
you would squat
they would squat

Past Conditional
I would have squatted
you would have squatted
he/she/it would have squatted
we would have squatted
you would have squatted
they would have squatted

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Noun	1.	squat - exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles knee bend, squatting leg exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles
	2.	squat - a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddlysquat, diddly-squat, doodly-squat, jack, shit small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
	3.	squat - the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels squatting movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
Verb	1.	squat - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" hunker, hunker down, scrunch up, crouch, scrunch sit, sit down - be seated
	2.	squat - be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	3.	squat - occupy (a dwelling) illegally lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
Adj.	1.	squat - 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, squatty, stumpy, chunky, dumpy short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
	2.	squat - having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground underslung low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"

squat

adjective

1. crouch down, sit on your heels, hunker down, sit on your haunches He came over and squatted on his heels, looking up at the boys.

2. low, short, stunted, stumpy, small squat stone houses

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squat

verb

1. To sit on one's heels:

hunker (down).

2. To stoop low with the limbs pulled in close to the body:

crouch, huddle, hunch, hunker (down).

adjective

Short, heavy, and solidly built:

blocky, chunky, compact, dumpy, heavyset, stocky, stodgy, stubby, stumpy, thick, thickset.

Translations

قَصير القامَه، مَرْبوعيُقَرْفِص

dřepdřepnoutsedět na bobkusraženýzavalitý

besættelavstammetplump

Hocke hocken kauern besetzen gedrungen

agacharse

kyykistyäkyykkykyyristyärakennusvallata

accroupir squat accroupissement courtaud s'accroupir

guggol

kubbslegursitja á hækjum sér

accovacciarsi casa sfitta occupare abusivamente occupazione abusiva tozzo

kiurksoti

druknsnotuptiestupētzems un resns

hurkenkraakpand

sitte på huk

acocorar

sedieť v drepe

čepeti

bodur çömelmek tıknaz

矮胖的蹲下蹲坐

squat

[skwɒt]

A. ADJ [person] → rechoncho, achaparrado; [building, shape etc] → desproporcionadamente bajo

B. VI

1. (also squat down) → agacharse, sentarse en cuclillas

2. (on property) → ocupar un inmueble ilegalmente

C. N piso etc ocupado ilegalmente

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squat

[ˈskwɒt]

adj [person] → trapu(e); [house, tower] → trapu(e)

(done in exercise class) → accroupissement m

(= building) → squat m

(= crouch) (also squat down) → s'accroupir

(on property) → squatter

vt [+ building, land] → squatter

squat

adj (+er) → gedrungen, kompakt; chair → niedrig; figure, person → gedrungen

(person) → hocken, kauern; (animal) → hocken

(also squat down) → sich (hin)hocken or (hin)kauern

(on land) → sich (illegal) ansiedeln; to squat (in a house) → ein Haus besetzt haben, sich in einem Haus eingenistet haben (inf); they are not tenants, they’re just squatting → das sind keine Mieter, das sind Hausbesetzer

n (inf: = place) → Unterschlupf m (für Hausbesetzer); after their squat in that house … → nachdem sie sich in dem Haus eingenistet hatten … (inf), → nachdem sie das Haus als Unterschlupf benutzt hatten …

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squat

[skwɒt]

1. adj (-ter (comp) (-test (superl))) (person) → tarchiato/a, tozzo/a; (building, shape) → tozzo/a

2. vi

a. (also squat down) → accovacciarsi, acquattarsi

b. (on property) → occupare abusivamente
to squat in a house → occupare abusivamente una casa

3. n (fam) (house) → casa occupata

squat

(skwot) – past tense, past participle ˈsquatted – verb

to sit down on the heels or in a crouching position. The beggar squatted all day in the market place.

adjective

short and fat; dumpy. a squat little man; an ugly, squat building.

squat

v. agacharse; sentarse en cuclillas; acuclillarse.

squat

n (exercise) sentadilla; vi (pret & pp squatted; ger squatting) ponerse en cuclillas

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Near him stood a harmless Mary, middle-aged, fat, squat, asymmetrical, unlovely, a sucking child of two years astride her hip and taking nourishment.

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Or I shall let thee squat where thou squattest, Haltfoot,--and I carried thee HIGH!"

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Why was it then that his brows contracted and his muscles tensed as he saw Taug pause beside the young she and then squat down close to her?

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The combination became a cigarette, brown and squat, with the ends turned in.

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At that the squat substantial-looking mass swayed like a bough shaken by the wind.

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Emma, who won the Examiner's Sports Personality of the Year award this year, said she was delighted to be selected to represent her country and will be competing in the squat, bench and deadlift at the Powerlifting Commonwealth Games.

Emma pumps up the power to earn honour for England; MUM'S EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON INSPIRED HER TO LIFTING TRIUMPH

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