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squat

  • adjective
  • /skwɒt/

Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.

Other meanings

  1. Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.

Related words

  • absquatulate
  • asquat
  • outsquat
  • squatly
  • squatment
  • squatness
  • squattish
  • squattle
  • squatty
  • air squat
  • Anderson squat
  • belt squat

Example sentences

  • “You need to work on your squat form.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "coāctus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “squat” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.