Squat

Word SQUAT
Character 5
Hyphenation squat
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Squat"

What do we mean by squat?

To sit in a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels. intransitive verb

To crouch down, as an animal does. intransitive verb

To settle on unoccupied land without legal claim. intransitive verb

To occupy a given piece of public land in order to acquire title to it. intransitive verb

To put (oneself) into a crouching posture. intransitive verb

To occupy as a squatter. intransitive verb

To lift (an amount of weight) when doing a squat. intransitive verb

Short and thick; low and broad. adjective

Crouched in a squatting position. adjective

The act of squatting. noun

A squatting or crouching posture. noun

A lift or a weightlifting exercise in which one squats and stands while holding a weighted barbell supported by the back of the shoulders. noun

The place occupied by a squatter. noun

The lair of an animal such as a hare. noun

A small or worthless amount; diddly-squat. noun

The angel-fish, Squatina angelus. noun

To lay flat; flatten; crush; bruise.

To compress.

To make quiet. Compare squatting-pill.

To quash; annul.

Nothing; nothing whatsoever.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Squat

The word "squat" in example sentences

The hope was to revive the city's 19th-century fabric, but the result has been block after block of plain squat structures, many desi gned, much to their chagrin, by the world's greatest architects. illustration by Jean-Manuel Duvivier After taking in the model, I went upstairs to have a chat with his successor, a Swiss architect named Regula L ü scher, who had been Z ü rich's city planner before she came here. ❋ J. S. Marcus In Berlin (2010)

Ha, I don't want to hear squat from the DUMOCRATS who like the crooked Clinton Family, the Idiot Pelosi, the Scmuck Obama, and the flaming Barney Frank. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So it's unlikely we'll hear squat from the Cheneys now that their most loyal supporters are using gay people like Mary to gay-bait John Kerry. ❋ Unknown (2004)

BUT have I heard squat from the publishers saying the antho's dead, and good luck submitting the story elsewhere? ❋ Icanreadyourmnd (2002)

To assume he’s going to have the votes to do squat is a huge leap into a dunghole. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Get over yourself, you are not going to win squat. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The only piece of so-called furniture left in the squat was a wooden crate. ❋ Lynda La Plante (2008)

PIEDRA: One of the best exercises that you can do to get your body bathing suit ready is called the squat thrust. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Unlike the lordly Dobbs, Beck disavows any acquired pool of general knowledge or area of special expertise; indeed, he doesn't pretend to know squat, which is supposed to be part of his common-denominator appeal. ❋ James Wolcott (2007)

We went through the former, which is large and imposing, with fine courts and some pretty views, but it is low and Teutonic ” in plain English, squat ” like some of the old statues in armour that one sees in the squares of the German towns. ❋ Cooper, J Fenimore (1836)

Let me expound on the virtues or lack thereof of the wonderful bathroom mystery known as the squat toilet. ❋ Unknown (2004)

For example, the axis of a biceps curl is your elbow and the axis of a squat is your hip and knees. ❋ Stefanaschan (2009)

Just because the stock market has gone up doesn't mean squat, that is just Wall Street's speculation.

"There is one certainty .... with the exception of a few real weirdos out there, and the ole" number 2 ".... one gender will be the ones to be able to only" whip it out ", and, one gender will be the ones who only" squat "- that is unless they have darn good aim.

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