Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: squat)
WordNet
v. sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"
occupy (a dwelling) illegally
n. exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: knee bend, squatting]
a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, shit]
the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position [syn: squatting]
adj. 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" [syn: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy]
having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn: underslung]
See squat