Synonyms of squatted

squatted

verb

past tense of squat

as in crouched

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

a detective squatting to examine something on the ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouched
• huddled
• hunched
• couched
• scrunched
• hunkered (down)
• curled up
• squinched

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of squatted

Police said Alston and her boyfriend, Halley Tejada, gained access to the Kips Bay apartment Vitels had just moved into on 31st Street and squatted there for two days. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Making a place known Just before noon the following day, Susan Washko squatted over a white plastic tub beside the stream that runs through Fiftymile Canyon. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026

Eventually, Betty stopped and squatted. — Gabriel Debenedetti, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

As catcher Dillon Dingler got down in his catching stance, Hinch squatted and leaned against a fence off to the side. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026

Beneath it, a man squatted on the pavement, staring at nothing in particular, a glass pipe drooping from his fingers. — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

Many of those Mexicans saw their property squatted on or seized by the courts of their new nation. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026

The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025

Brockington squatted 664 pounds, breaking his own record from last year by 50 pounds, and posted a vertical jump of 42 inches. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025