Overview of noun squat

The noun squat has 3 senses

• knee bend, squat, squatting -- (exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles)


• jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit -- (a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack")


• squat, squatting -- (the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels)

Overview of verb squat

The verb squat has 3 senses

• squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down -- (sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm")


• squat -- (be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low")


• squat -- (occupy (a dwelling) illegally)

Overview of adj squat

The adj squat has 2 senses

• chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy -- (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")


• squat, underslung -- (having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground)