squat·ty

[skwot-ee]
adjective, squat·ti·er, squat·ti·est.
short and thick; low and broad.

Origin:
1880–85; squat + -y1

squat·ti·ly, adverb
squat·ti·ness, noun
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squatty

adjective
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" [syn: chunky
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Squatty is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
These squatty little boxes, about the size of a two-drawer file cabinet, help nourish wild turkeys in the winter.
No plazas or arcades, and all three garages were squatty bolt-holes.
Price is a short, squatty powerhouse who uses great explosion and quickness to get an edge, but his speed is average.
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