squat meaning and definition

SQUAT noun

Definition of squat (noun)

1. exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
   • synonyms: knee bend, squatting
2. a small worthless amount
   • "you don't know jack"
   • synonyms: diddley, diddly, diddlyshit, diddly-shit, diddlysquat, diddly-squat, doodly-squat, jack, shit
3. the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
   • synonyms: squatting

SQUAT verb

Definition of squat (verb)

1. sit on one's heels
   • "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
   • synonyms: crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up
2. be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
   • "The building squatted low"
3. occupy (a dwelling) illegally

SQUAT adjective

Definition of squat (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy
2. having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
   • synonyms: underslung