1. Sit on one's heels
   "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting";
   - hunker, hunker down, scrooch [US, informal]
    
2. To perform the squat weightlifting exercise
   "He squatted three sets of ten repetitions"
    
3. Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
   "The building squatted low"
    
4. Occupy (a dwelling) illegally
   "The homeless people squatted in the abandoned building"

1. The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
   "The catcher's squat behind home plate was a familiar sight";
   - squatting, scrooch [US, informal]
    
2. Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
   "Knee bends, also known as bodyweight squats, are a simple yet effective leg exercise";
   - knee bend, squatting
    
3. A building occupied without permission; the act of squatting in a building
   "The abandoned warehouse became a squat for homeless individuals"
    
4. [N. Amer, informal] Anything at all
   "you don't know doodly-squat";
   - jack [N. Amer, informal], doodly-squat [informal], diddly-squat [informal], diddlysquat [informal], diddly [N. Amer, informal], diddley [N. Amer, informal]

1. Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
   "a little church with a squat tower";
   - chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy
    
2. Having a low centre of gravity; built low to the ground
   "The squat bulldog had short, powerful legs";
   - underslung

Derived forms: squattest, squatting, squatter, squatted, squats

See also: little, low, short

Type of: be, crouch, crouch down, leg exercise, lodge in, motility, motion, move, movement, occupy, press, reside, scooch, sit, sit down, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, weightlift, weight-lift

Encyclopedia: Squat