squat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: squat	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for squat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squat 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" Synonym(s): chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground Synonym(s): squat, underslung n exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles Synonym(s): knee bend, squat, squatting a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" Synonym(s): jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels Synonym(s): squat, squatting v 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): squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low" occupy (a dwelling) illegally
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squat \Squat\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The angel fish ({Squatina angelus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squat \Squat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squatted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squatting}.] [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. cogere to drive or urge together. See {Cogent}, {Squash}, v. t.] 1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire. 2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit. 3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squat \Squat\, v. t. To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squat \Squat\, a. 1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching. Him there they found, Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve. --Milton. 2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting. [bd]The round, squat turret.[b8] --R. Browning. The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat. --Grew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squat \Squat\, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --erbert. 3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. Woodward. {Squat snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also {squatter}. [Local, U.S.]