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squat

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verb

as in to crouch
to lie low with the limbs close to the body a detective squatting to examine something on the ground

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squat

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noun

slang

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Adjective
Catch up quick: The squat, twin buildings — built in 1951 — were voluntarily evacuated weeks after the collapse following a grim engineering report. Martin Vassolo, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024 For the past few years, her social-media accounts have featured images of suggestively phallic or vulval forms—a squat, bulbous mushroom; a natural rock pool surrounded by lapping waves—accompanied by the hashtags #penisoftheday or #yonioftheday. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Verb
Sadly, squatting there offers him too many advantages. Frank Donatelli, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024 In addition to dispelling rumors about harm to pets, the city's spokesperson said there were no confirmed instances of migrants squatting, littering or deliberately disrupting traffic. Layla Ferris, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
Our trainer has prepared a truly heinous combination of squats, deadlifts and other movements stacked in ascending and descending order. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024 Next, bend forward at your hips and sit back into a squat. Dominique Fluker, Essence, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for squat 

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“Squat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squat. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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