Squatting

5 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]:

  squatting
       n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position;
            strengthens the leg muscles [syn: {knee bend}, {squat}]
       2: the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
          [syn: {squat}]

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]:

  squatting
       See {squat}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "squatting":
     abiding, abode, adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim,
     cohabitation, colony, commorancy, de facto, de jure, dependency,
     derivative title, dwelling, fee fief, fee position, fee simple,
     fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible,
     fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fiefdom,
     frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, gavelkind, habitancy,
     habitation, having title to, hold, holding, inhabitancy,
     inhabitation, inhabiting, knight service, lay fee, lease,
     leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, living, lodging, mandate,
     nesting, occupancy, occupation, original title, owning, possessing,
     possession, preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession,
     prescription, property, property rights, proprietary rights,
     residence, residency, residing, seisin, socage, sojourning,
     staying, staying over, stopping, sublease, tenancy, tenantry,
     tenure, tenure in chivalry, title, underlease, undertenancy,
     usucapion, villein socage, villeinhold, villenage