Synonyms of squatting

squatting

verb

present participle of squat

as in crouching

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

a detective squatting to examine something on the ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouching
• huddling
• hunching
• scrunching
• couching
• hunkering (down)
• curling up
• squinching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of squatting

The footage, filmed in August at Changlu Tourism and Leisure Park in Guangdong Province, China, and obtained by Newsflare, shows a guest stepping onto a tortoise’s back and squatting on the reptile while holding a child. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026

With the bulk of his work at practice done for the day, Achord retreats to the back of the end zone with Koonz, squatting and scribbling something on paper. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

The Eras Tour performer is pictured squatting in her dreamy pink-and-white strapless gown by designer Markarian, offering a closer look at her teardrop earrings and classic low-bun updo. — Ashleigh Carter, InStyle, 17 July 2026

Hathaway stars as Penelope, Odysseus’ wife who’s stuck at home in Ithaca keeping the gluttonous suitors squatting in their castle at bay. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026

Experts warn some squatting incidents can involve more than simply occupying a vacant home. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026

Across eight episodes, the roles and community of women, people of color and even those disabled by the war are explored within storylines about class politics, frontier corruption and land squatting on the Osage Reserve. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026

This can be avoided by squatting, stretching and loosening up your joints before jumping. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

Corvette, particularly, feels outside of it all, as a woman who dreams of being a designer herself but is currently squatting in a closed fast food chicken shop and being haunted by a boulder of debt (like, literally). — ABC News, 20 May 2026