Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

a small worthless amount

• “you don't know jack”

the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

sit on one's heels

• “In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting”
• “The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm”

be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

• “The building squatted low”

occupy (a dwelling) illegally

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”

having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground