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KK Pronunciation
〔 skwɑt 〕
Pronunciation
〔 skwɒt 〕
Overview of noun squat
The noun squat has 3 senses
- knee bend, squat, squatting -- (exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles)
- jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit -- (a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack")
- squat, squatting -- (the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels)
Overview of verb squat
The verb squat has 3 senses
- squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down -- (sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm")
- squat -- (be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low")
- squat -- (occupy (a dwelling) illegally)
Overview of adj squat
The adj squat has 2 senses
- chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy -- (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")
- squat, underslung -- (having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground)