squat

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /skwɒt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /skwɑt/
• (AU) IPA ^(key): /skwɔt/

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Verb

Plain form squat

Third-person singular squats

Past tense squatted

Past participle squatted

Present participle squatting

1. If a person or animal squats, they bend deeply at the knees while resting on their feet.

   She squatted down beside the dog to give it a snack.

   Most toilets here require you to squat when you use them.

Adjective

Positive squat

Comparative more squat

Superlative most squat

1. Someone or something that is squat is short and thick in an unattractive way.

   Every time I walk past, I think what a squat ugly building it is.

Noun

Singular squat

Plural squats

A weightlifter performing a squat

1. (countable) A squat is a position of a person when they bend at the knees while resting on their feet.

   She sank into a squat, and hung her head.