squat
31squat — [c]/skwɒt / (say skwot) verb (squatted or squat, squatting) –verb (i) 1. to assume a posture close to the ground with the knees bent and the back more or less straight resting either on the balls of the feet, or with feet flat. 2. to crouch or… …
32squat — I. verb (squatted; squatting) Etymology: Middle English squatten to crush, crouch in hiding, from Middle French (Picard dialect) esquatir, escuater, from Old French es ex + quatir to hide, from Vulgar Latin *coactire to squeeze, alteration of… …
33squat — [13] Someone who squats is etymologically ‘forced together’ – and indeed the verb originally meant ‘squash, flatten’ in English (‘This stone shall fall on such men, and squat them all to powder’, John Wyclif, Sermons 1380). Not until the early… …
34squat — n American (a) shit. From the action of squatting down to defecate. By extension, squat, a word used typically in country areas of the USA, is also used to mean nothing or a worthless thing. Doodly squat is an elab oration. ► It ain t worth squat …
35squat — 1 verb squatted, squatting (I) 1 also squat down to sit with your knees bent under you, your bottom off the ground, and balancing on your feet (+ on/behind/in etc): Parsons squatted down beside the footprints to get a better look. 2 to live in a… …
36squat — 1. verb 1) I was squatting on the floor Syn: crouch (down), hunker (down), sit on one s haunches, sit on one s heels 2) they are squatting on private land Syn: occupy illegally, set up residence, dwell, settle, live 2. adjective …
37squat — [skwɒt] verb [I] I 1) to bend your knees and lower yourself towards the ground so that you balance on your feet Syn: crouch 2) to live in a place without permission and without paying the owner • squat down II noun [C] British squat [skwɒt] a… …
38squat — [13] Someone who squats is etymologically ‘forced together’ – and indeed the verb originally meant ‘squash, flatten’ in English (‘This stone shall fall on such men, and squat them all to powder’, John Wyclif, Sermons 1380). Not until the early… …
39squat — The action of the rear end of the vehicle to point downward during hard acceleration. Squat is caused by a load transfer from the front to the rear suspension. Also see anti squat system …
40squat — Synonyms and related words: Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, abide, adipose, anchor, be enfeoffed of, be possessed of, be seated, be seized of, beefy, bend, berth, big bellied, billet at, bivouac, bloated, blocky, blowzy, boast, bob, bosomy, bow, brawny,… …
