squat
/skwɑt/
noun
- A position in which the body is crouched with knees bent.
- The yoga class practiced the squat pose.
- She did three sets of ten squats at the gym.
- He held a deep squat for several minutes.
- An empty building that people live in without permission.
- They turned the old factory into a squat.
- The police cleared out the squat early this morning.
- The artist lived in a squat downtown.
verb
- To crouch or sit with the knees bent and the weight on the balls of the feet.
- He squatted behind the bush to hide.
- She squatted down to pick up the fallen book.
- The athlete squatted to lift the heavy barbell.
- To live in an empty building without permission or legal right.
- He was arrested for squatting on private property.
- The group squatted in the warehouse to protest high rents.
- They squatted in the abandoned house for months.
Antonyms
adjective
- Short and thick; low and wide.
- The squat tree had a broad trunk.
- He was a squat man with strong shoulders.
- The building was squat and ugly.