Squat - Definition

adj 1: 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" [syn: chunky,
dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy]
2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn:
squat, underslung]
n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with
the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: knee
bend, squat, squatting]
2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack,
doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit,
diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit]
3: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with
the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels [syn: squat,
squatting]
v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch,
scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]
2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The
building squatted low"
3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally