1. The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
   "The catcher's squatting behind home plate was a familiar sight";
   - squat, scrooch [US, informal]
    
2. Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
   "He included squatting in his daily workout routine";
   - knee bend, squat

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"

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

Encyclopedia: Squatting