Squatted

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}, v. t.]
     1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages


        squatted near the fire.
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     2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie
        close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
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     3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle
        on common or public lands.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  squat
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {chunky},
               {dumpy}, {low-set}, {squatty}, {stumpy}]
       2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
          [syn: {underslung}]
       n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position;
            strengthens the leg muscles [syn: {knee bend}, {squatting}]
       2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: {jack},
           {diddly-squat}, {diddlysquat}, {diddly-shit}, {diddlyshit},
           {diddly}, {diddley}, {shit}]
       3: the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
          [syn: {squatting}]
       v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
            while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
            themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: {crouch}, {scrunch},
             {scrunch up}, {hunker}, {hunker down}]
       2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The
          building squatted low"
       3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally
       [also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  squatted
       See {squat}