SQUAT

/skwɒt/ ► audio Scrabble 14 Words With Friends 15

Scrabble letter values: S1Q10U1A1T1 = 14

Definition

  1. adjective short and thick. — synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy
  2. adjective having a low center of gravity. — synonyms: underslung
  3. verb sit on one's heels. — synonyms: crouch, scrunch, scrunch_up, hunker, hunker_down
  4. verb be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide.
  5. verb occupy (a dwelling) illegally.
  6. noun exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent. — synonyms: knee_bend, squatting
  7. noun a small worthless amount. — synonyms: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley
  8. noun the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels. — synonyms: squatting

Examples

  • “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”

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