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 group has had community trapping parties and is even starting an app to locate these squatting rodents. — Julia Avant, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Half were male in aura, squatting with their long lenses and beckoning confidence, always ready to pontificate, and the other half were female, a demure box into which a slide could be slipped, bringing the room to life. — Literary Hub, 12 Oct. 2026

The 101’ers formed in 1974 as a house band among the residents of 101 Walterton Road in Maida Vale, where Strummer and his fellow musicians were squatting. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026

Because of that weakness, opposing defenses have been squatting on Green Bay’s routes, believing their rush would get home on Jordan Love. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

The network didn’t come together soon enough for federal regulators, who accused the company of squatting on valuable wireless capacity. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2026

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

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