squat
- squat
squat1 [skɔwt US skwa:t] v past tense and past participle squatted present participle squatting
[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: esquatir, from quatir [i]'to press', from Vulgar Latin coactire 'to press together', from Latin cogere; COGENT]
1.) to sit with your knees bent under you and your bottom just off the ground, balancing on your feet
squat down
▪ He squatted down beside the little girl.
2.) to live in a building or on a piece of land without permission and without paying rent
squat 2
squat2 adj
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: squat 'in a squatting position' (15-19 centuries), from an old past participle of SQUAT1]
short and thick or low and wide, especially in a way which is not attractive
▪ squat stone cottages
▪ a squat little old man
squat 3
squat3 n
[Sense: 1-2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: SQUAT1]
[Sense: 3; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: diddlysquat; DIDDLY]
1.)
a squatting position
2.) BrE
a house that people are living in without permission and without paying rent
▪ She lives in a squat in Camden.
3.) [U] AmE informal nothing, or nearly nothing. Squat is often used in negative sentences for emphasis
▪ He had a job that paid him squat.
▪ You don't know squat about it.
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squat — squat … Dictionnaire des rimes
squat — [ skwat ] n. m. • v. 1975; de squatter ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Occupation d un immeuble par des squatteurs. 2 ♦ Habitation occupée par un squatteur. ● squat nom masculin (anglais to squat, s asseoir sur les talons) Action de squatter une habitation.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
squat´ly — squat «skwot», verb, squat|ted or squat, squat|ting, adjective, noun. –v.i. 1. to sit on the heels; crouch: »He found it difficult to squat on his heels for more than a few minutes … Useful english dictionary
Squat — (engl. von to squat, niederhocken) ist ein Begriff aus der Schifffahrt und bezeichnet das fahrdynamische vertikale Absinken eines Schiffes über den eigentlichen Tiefgang hinaus (Absunk oder Sunk), bei gleichzeitiger Vertrimmung. Die Vertrimmung… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Squat — Squat, a. 1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching. [1913 Webster] Him there they found, Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. of cogere to drive or urge together. See {Cogent}, {Squash},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Squat — Squat, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] Herbert. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squat — [skwät] vi. squatted, squatting [ME squatten < MFr esquatir < es (L ex ), intens. + quatir, to press flat < VL * coactire < L coactus, pp. of cogere, to force, compress: see COGENT] 1. to crouch so as to sit on the heels with the… … English World dictionary
Squat — (skw[o^]t), n. (Zo[ o]l.) The angel fish ({Squatina angelus}). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Squat — Squat, v. t. To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squat — [adj] short and stocky broad, chunky, dumpy*, fat, heavy, heavyset, splay, thick, thick bodied, thickset; concepts 491,773,779 Ant. lanky, skinny, slender, tall, thin squat [v] lower body by bending knees bow, cower, crouch, hunch, hunker down,… … New thesaurus
