squat

Plural: squats

Noun

exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
a small worthless amount
the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).
A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
A small vein of ore.
A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
Squat effect.
A sudden or crushing fall.
The angel shark (genus Squatina).

Verb

Verb Forms: squatted, squatting, squats

To sit with knees bent and close to the body.
sit on one's heels
- "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
- "The building squatted low"
occupy (a dwelling) illegally
To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
To cybersquat.
To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.

Adjective Satellite

short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
- "a little church with a squat tower"
- "a squatty red smokestack"
having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

Adj

Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.

Adjective

Short and thick in stature or form.

Examples

Despite its SQUAT appearance, the word ’AZY’ scored surprisingly well.
He would SQUAT by the board, intensely studying the tiles for a bingo.
I can't believe they squatted my favorite faction!
I know squat about nuclear physics.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
The sense “nothing” may be the source or a derivation of diddly-squat.

Synonyms

chunky, crouch, diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, dumpy, hunker, hunker down, jack, knee bend, low-set, scrunch, scrunch up, shit, squatting, squatty, stumpy, underslung, nothing

Scrabble Score: 14

squat: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
squat: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
squat: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

squat: valid Words With Friends Word