squat
[verb]
Synonyms: hunker (down), quat, swat
[adjective]
Synonyms: stocky, chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squdgy, stubby, stuggy, thick, thick-bodied, thickset

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Antonyms: lanky
Contrasted words: long, tall, twiggy
Related Words: crouch, hunch, stoop, squattish, squatty

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English Thesaurus: sit, sit down, be seated, take a seat, sink into something, ...

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I. squat¹ /skɒwt $ skwɑːt/ verb (past tense and past participle squatted, present participle squatting) [intransitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: esquatir, from quatir 'to press', from Vulgar Latin coactire 'to press together', from Latin cogere; ⇒ cogent]

1. to sit with your knees bent under you and your bottom just off the ground, balancing on your feet
squat down
He squatted down beside the little girl.

2. to live in a building or on a piece of land without permission and without paying rent

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II. squat² adjective
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: squat 'in a squatting position' (15-19 centuries), from an old past participle of ⇒ squat¹]
short and thick or low and wide, especially in a way which is not attractive:
squat stone cottages
a squat little old man

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III. squat³ noun
[Sense 1-2: Date: 1500-1600; Origin: ⇒ squat¹]
[Sense 3: Date: 1900-2000; Origin: diddlysquat; ⇒ diddly]

1. [countable] a squatting position

2. [countable] British English a house that people are living in without permission and without paying rent:
She lives in a squat in Camden.

3. [uncountable] American English informal nothing, or nearly nothing. Squat is often used in negative sentences for emphasis:
He had a job that paid him squat.
You don’t know squat about it.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sit to be resting your weight on your bottom somewhere, or to move into this position:
He was sitting in front of the fire.
She sat on the bed and kicked off her shoes.
Who is the man sitting next to Karen?
sit down to sit on a chair, bed, floor etc after you have been standing:
I sat down on the sofa.
Come in and sit down.
be seated formal to be sitting in a particular chair or place:
John was seated on my left.
There was a man seated behind the desk.
take a seat to sit – used especially when asking someone to sit down:
Please take a seat – she will be with you in a minute.
Would the audience please take their seats – the show will begin in five minutes.
sink into something to sit in a comfortable chair and let yourself fall back into it:
We switched on the TV and sank into our armchairs.
lounge to sit in a very comfortable relaxed way:
They lounged around all day by the pool.
perch to sit on the edge of something:
He perched on the arm of the sofa.
My sister was perched (=was sitting) on a high stool.
be slumped to be sitting while leaning against something, especially because you are injured, drunk, or asleep:
They found him slumped against the steering wheel.
squat to sit with your knees bent under you, your bottom just off the ground, balancing on your feet:
A little boy was squatting at the edge of the pool.

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