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squat S0683500 (skwŏt)v. squat·ted, squat·ting, squats v.intr.1. To sit in a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels.2. To crouch down, as an animal does.3. To settle on unoccupied land without legal claim.4. To occupy a given piece of public land in order to acquire title to it.v.tr.1. To put (oneself) into a crouching posture.2. To occupy as a squatter.3. Sports To lift (an amount of weight) when doing a squat.adj. squat·ter, squat·test 1. Short and thick; low and broad.2. Crouched in a squatting position.n.1. The act of squatting.2. A squatting or crouching posture.3. Sports A lift or a weightlifting exercise in which one squats and stands while holding a weighted barbell supported by the back of the shoulders.4. Chiefly British The place occupied by a squatter.5. The lair of an animal such as a hare.6. Slang A small or worthless amount; diddly-squat. [Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, to crush : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + quatir, to press flat (from Vulgar Latin *coāctīre, from Latin coāctus, past participle of cōgere, to compress : co-, co- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots).] squat′ter n.squatting (ˈskwɒtɪŋ) n (Law) the practice of occupying land or property to which one has no legal titleThesaurusNoun | 1. | squatting - exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg musclesknee bend, squatleg exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles | | 2. | squatting - the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heelssquatmovement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" | TranslationssquattingenUK
squatting[′skwäd·iŋ] (naval architecture) The lowering of the stern of a ship when it is traveling at high speed. squattingenUK
squatting [skwaht´ing] a position with the hips and knees flexed, the buttocks resting on the heels; sometimes adopted by a parturient woman at delivery or by a child with any of certain types of cardiac defects.squatting Pediatrics A position adopted by a child with cyanotic congenital heart disease, classically seen in Fallot's tetralogy, linked to acute hypoxia; squatting relieves exertion-induced dyspnea by ↓ right-to-left shunt and ↑ systemic vascular resistance and pulmonary blood flow. See Shunt. squattingenUK Related to squatting: Squatters, Squatting toilet, squatting exerciseSynonyms for squattingnoun exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bentSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heelsSynonymsRelated Words- movement
- motility
- motion
- move
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