squat
🇺🇸
/skwɑːt/
🇬🇧
/skwɒt/
verb
R
To lower your body by bending your knees as if you were going to sit but staying on the balls of your feet.
We had to squat to fit under the low tunnel.
R
To occupy a space or building without permission or paying rent.
They were squatting in the abandoned building.
noun
R
A building that is occupied without permission and no rent is paid.
The police cleared out the squat after complaints from neighbors.
R
The act of bending your knees and lowering your body as if to sit.
She did a quick squat before jumping up.
R
An exercise where you start with your hands on the floor, bend your knees, and then jump your feet out to a standing position.
Squats are a great way to strengthen your legs.
adjective
R
Short and wide or thick in an unattractive way.
The building had a squat and unappealing design.
translation
To lower your body by bending your knees as if you were going to sit but staying on the balls of your feet.; To occupy a space or building without permission or paying rent.
A building that is occupied without permission and no rent is paid.; The act of bending your knees and lowering your body as if to sit.; An exercise where you start with your hands on the floor, bend your knees, and then jump your feet out to a standing position.
Short and wide or thick in an unattractive way.
Word Forms
Past
squatted
Progressive
squatting
3rd Present
squats
Comparative
squatter
Superlative
squattest
Plural
squats
Perfect
squatted