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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024squat•ter /ˈskwɑtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person or thing that squats.
one who settles on land or lives on or in property without owning it and without payment of rent.one who settles on land under government regulation in order to get ownership rights some day. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squat•ter (skwot′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that squats.
- Lawa person who settles on land or occupies property without title, right, or payment of rent.
- Lawa person who settles on land under government regulation, in order to acquire title.
squat′ter•dom, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: squatter /ˈskwɒtə/ n - a person who occupies property or land to which he has no legal title
- (in Australia) (formerly) a person who occupied a tract of land, esp pastoral land, as tenant of the Crown
- a farmer of sheep or cattle on a large scale
- (in New Zealand) a 19th-century settler who took up large acreage on a Crown lease
squat /skwɑt/USA pronunciation v., squat•ted, squat•ting, adj., squat•ter, squat•test, n. v. [no object] - to sit in a crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body:I squatted behind the table where she wouldn't see me.
- Lawto occupy property or settle land without permission, such as a squatter:The migrant workers squatted on the unused farm.
adj. - very short and thickset:a heavy, squat man.
- in a squatting position;
crouching:[before a noun]the squat lions.
n. [countable] - the act, position, or posture of squatting.
squat•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squat (skwot),USA pronunciation v., squat•ted or squat, squat•ting, adj., squat•ter, squat•test, n.
v.i. - to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body;
sit on one's haunches or heels. - to crouch down or cower, as an animal.
- Lawto settle on or occupy property, esp. otherwise unoccupied property, without any title, right, or payment of rent.
- Lawto settle on public land under government regulation, in order to acquire title.
- Nautical, Naval Terms(of a vessel, esp. a power vessel) to draw more water astern when in motion forward than when at rest.
v.t. - to cause to squat.
- Lawto occupy (property) as a squatter.
adj. - (of a person, animal, the body, etc.) short and thickset.
- low and thick or broad:The building had a squat shape.
- seated or being in a squatting position;
crouching.
n. - the act or fact of squatting.
- a squatting position or posture.
- Nautical, Naval Termsthe tendency of a vessel to draw more water astern when in motion than when stationary.
- Slang Termsdoodly-squat.
- Lawa place occupied by squatters.
- Vulgar Latin *coactīre to compress, equivalent. to Latin coāct(us), past participle of cōgere to compress (co- co- + ag(ere) to drive + -tus past participle suffix) + -īre infinitive suffix; (noun, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal; (adjective, adjectival) Middle English: in a squatting position, origin, originally, past participle of the verb, verbal
- Old French esquater, esquatir, equivalent. to es- ex-1 + quatir
- (verb, verbal) Middle English squatten 1250–1300
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dumpy, stocky, square.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: squat /skwɒt/ vb (squats, squatting, squatted)(intransitive)- to rest in a crouching position with the knees bent and the weight on the feet
- to crouch down, esp in order to hide
- (transitive) to occupy land or property to which the occupant has no legal title
adj - Also: squatty /ˈskwɒtɪ/ short and broad
n - a squatting position
- a house occupied by squatters
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French esquater, from es- ex-1 + catir to press together, from Vulgar Latin coactīre (unattested), from Latin cōgere to compress, from co- + agere to driveˈsquatly adv ˈsquatness n |