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squatty

[ skwot-ee ]

adjective

, squat·ti·er, squat·ti·est.
  1. short and thick; low and broad.


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Other Words From

  • squatti·ly adverb
  • squatti·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of squatty1

First recorded in 1880–85; squat + -y 1

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Example Sentences

He’s a bit more “squatty” now, as he put it, and hopes a lower set up will help him cover the bottom of the zone better.

Then he went “back down into his legs” — or, uh, got squatty — before slowly raising his body in the following years.

On a pantry shelf there once lived a funny squatty-looking pitcher-man.

With the glorious flush of victory thrilling his whole frame Perk stood by to fend off as they drew close to the squatty stern.

He crossed the lane to a squatty old structure of brick by the water-side, and peeped in.

I saw a German soldier hurrying towards a squatty peasant house.

Rows of dirty tents, lines of squatty log-cabins, and many flat-board houses clustered around an immense sawmill.

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