SQUAT

• (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

  synonyms : squatting

• (noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

  synonyms : knee bend , squatting

• (noun) a small worthless amount

  "you don't know jack"

  synonyms : diddley , diddly , diddly-shit , diddly-squat , diddlyshit , diddlysquat , doodly-squat , jack , shit

• (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"

  synonyms : crouch , hunker , hunker down , scrunch , scrunch up

• (verb) occupy (a dwelling) illegally

• (verb) be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

  "The building squatted low"

• (adj.) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

  synonyms : underslung

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : chunky , dumpy , low-set , squatty , stumpy

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Mnemonics for squat

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