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squatting   (TTS Sound)

The noun squatting has 2 senses

• knee bend, squat, squatting -- (exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles)


• squat, squatting -- (the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels)

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)