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squat

• (s) 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
  low-set, squatty, stumpy, chunky, dumpy,
• (s) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground underslung,

Nouns

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

Verbs

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

Synonyms

knee bend squatting low-set squatty stumpy chunky dumpy hunker hunker down scrunch up crouch scrunch underslung diddley diddly diddlyshit diddly-shit diddlysquat diddly-squat doodly-squat jack shit

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