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1. squat - noun

· exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

Synonym(s): knee_bend, squatting

Hypernym(s): leg_exercise




2. squat - noun

· a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"

Synonym(s): jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, shit

Hypernym(s): small_indefinite_quantity, small_indefinite_amount




3. squat - noun

· the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

Synonym(s): squatting

Hypernym(s): motion, movement, move, motility




4. squat - verb

· sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

Synonym(s): crouch, scrunch, scrunch_up, hunker, hunker_down

Hypernym(s): sit, sit_down




5. squat - verb

· be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"

Hypernym(s): be




6. squat - verb

· occupy (a dwelling) illegally

Hypernym(s): occupy, reside, lodge_in




7. squat - 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"

Synonym(s): chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy




8. squat - adjective

· having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

Synonym(s): underslung





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