squatting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: squatting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for squatting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squatting n exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles Synonym(s): knee bend, squat, squatting the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels Synonym(s): squat, squatting
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.