6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squat  \Squat\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  angel  fish  ({Squatina  angelus}). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.  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. 
 
  2.  To  sit  close  to  the  ground;  to  cower;  to  stoop,  or  lie 
  close  to  escape  observation,  as  a  partridge  or  rabbit. 
 
  3.  To  settle  on  another's  land  without  title;  also  to  settle 
  on  common  or  public  lands. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squat  \Squat\,  v.  t. 
  To  bruise  or  make  flat  by  a  fall.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squat  \Squat\,  a. 
  1.  Sitting  on  the  hams  or  heels;  sitting  close  to  the  ground; 
  cowering;  crouching. 
 
  Him  there  they  found  Squat  like  a  toad,  close  at 
  the  ear  of  Eve.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Short  and  thick,  like  the  figure  of  an  animal  squatting. 
  ``The  round,  squat  turret.''  --R.  Browning. 
 
  The  head  [of  the  squill  insect]  is  broad  and  squat. 
  --Grew. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squat  \Squat\,  n. 
  1.  The  posture  of  one  that  sits  on  his  heels  or  hams,  or 
  close  to  the  ground. 
 
  2.  A  sudden  or  crushing  fall.  [Obs.]  --erbert. 
 
  3.  (Mining) 
  a  A  small  vein  of  ore. 
  b  A  mineral  consisting  of  tin  ore  and  spar.  --Halliwell. 
  Woodward. 
 
  {Squat  snipe}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  jacksnipe;  --  called  also 
  {squatter}.  [Local,  U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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:  {squatting}] 
  2:  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"  [syn:  {crouch},  {scrunch},  {scrunch  up}, 
  {hunker  down}] 
  2:  be  close  to  the  earth,  or  be  disproportionately  wide;  "The 
  building  squatted  low" 
  3:  occupy  (a  dwelling)  illegally 

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