squat
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verb (used without object)
1.
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.
2.
to crouch down or cower, as an animal.
3.
to settle on or occupy property, especially otherwise unoccupied property, without any title, right, or payment of rent.
4.
to settle on public land under government regulation, in order to acquire title.
5.
Nautical. (of a vessel, especially a power vessel) to draw more water astern when in motion forward than when at rest.
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adjective
8.
(of a person, animal, the body, etc.) short and thickset.
9.
low and thick or broad: The building had a squat shape.
10.
seated or being in a squatting position; crouching.
noun
11.
the act or fact of squatting.
12.
a squatting position or posture.
13.
a weightlifting exercise in which a person squats and then returns to an erect position while holding a barbell at the back of the shoulders.
14.
Nautical. the tendency of a vessel to draw more water astern when in motion than when stationary.
15.
Slang. doodly-squat.
16.
a place occupied by squatters.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English squatten < Old French esquater, esquatir, equivalent to es- ex-1 + quatir < 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) Middle English, derivative of the v.; (adj.) Middle English: in a squatting position, orig., past participle of the v.
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English squatten < Old French esquater, esquatir, equivalent to es- ex-1 + quatir < 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) Middle English, derivative of the v.; (adj.) Middle English: in a squatting position, orig., past participle of the v.
Related forms
squat·ly, adverb
squat·ness, noun
Synonyms
8. dumpy, stocky, square.
8. dumpy, stocky, square.
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| —vb , squats, squatting, squatted | |
| 1. | to rest in a crouching position with the knees bent and the weight on the feet |
| 2. | to crouch down, esp in order to hide |
| 3. | (tr) law to occupy land or property to which the occupant has no legal title |
| 4. | weightlifting to crouch down to one's knees and rise to a standing position while holding (a specified weight) behind one's neck |
| —adj | |
| 5. | Also: squatty short and broad: a squat chair |
| —n | |
| 6. | a squatting position |
| 7. | weightlifting an exercise in which a person crouches down and rises up repeatedly while holding a barbell at shoulder height |
| 8. | a house occupied by squatters |
| [C13: from Old French esquater, from es- | |
| 'squatly | |
| —adv | |
| 'squatness | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
squat
c.1410, "crouch on the heels," from O.Fr. esquatir "press down, lay flat, crush," from es- "out" (from L. ex-) + O.Fr. quatir "press down, flatten," from V.L. *coactire "press together, force," from L. coactus, pp. of cogere "to compel, curdle, collect" (see cogent). Slang
sense of "nothing at all" first attested 1934, probably suggestive of squatting to defecate. The adjective sense of "short, thick" dates from 1630. Squatter "settler who occupies land without legal title" first recorded 1788; in ref. to paupers or homeless people in uninhabited buildings, it is recorded from 1880.
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Slang Dictionary
diddly-squat definition[ˈdɪdliskwɑt] and [ˈdudliskwɑt]and (doodly-)squat
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squat definition
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Example sentences
SO all these rankings tell squat about the quality of education one receives in a university.
All of these factors will add up to precisely squat effect on initial sales.
Twenty-foot-long, squat fish eater with a three-foot pancake-flat head.
The point is not that governments shouldn't do better budgeting but that this agreement doesn't do squat for the current problem.
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