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Recent Examples of squatty Trifles are the high heels of desserts, standing tall and showing out in a crowd of squatty pies, sheet cakes, and brownies. Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 June 2025 Some even find that using the squat position, or using a squatty potty, can help reduce straining and promote defecation, said Dr. Xue. Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 June 2025 Place objects like blocks or stools, or maybe even a squatty potty, under your feet to raise your knees higher than your hips. Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 20 Nov. 2024 Even with standard organizational paranoia about plans leaking, not using a running back with a squatty frame and credible speed is curious. Ben Standig, The Athletic, 29 July 2024 The tall, arcing element of Tatum Scales and its squatty companion evoke traditional African decorative geometries — and, well, a female breast. Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 26 May 2023 Ellen strongly recommends buying blue-light-blocking glasses and a squatty potty. Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023 That tint is too dark; that truck is too squatty. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 8 June 2021 Joseph is 6 feet 4 and 329 pounds and plays a position — nose tackle — that even sounds stagnant and squatty. Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squatty
Adjective
  • Former top recruits Roderick Kearney, a stout (6-4, 307) redshirt sophomore able to play guard and center, and towering redshirt freshman tackle Fletcher Westphal (6-8, 336) will push for a spot in the rotation.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2025
  • Their defense is anchored by a stout front that leads the league in rush defense, allowing just 80.9 rushing yards per game.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • The characters generally have stubby limbs, oversized heads, and eyes that are either very small or very large, but always with giant, solid black irises in the middle.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
  • Fred’s guide took off on foot and circled behind the backbone, and Fred got into a solid shooting position with his rifle rested along a stubby pine.
    Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Small and stocky birds perch, hunched over, on the treetops and branches of Lake Okeechobee on the edge of Florida’s swampy Everglades for the better part of winter.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
  • By contrast, the large but not gigantic great white is fairly stocky.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With the costume’s feet at knee-level, an elevated stage (and smoke machine) helped give the appearance that Klum was walking around on E.T.’s characteristically stumpy legs.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The heron turns out to be a stumpy man in a costume.
    Moeko Fujii, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
Adjective
  • After the treatment, skin was visibly more plump, smooth, hydrated and radiant.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Its hero ingredients include niacinamide (a.k.a. vitamin B3), known for minimizing pores and reducing fine lines, along with Premium Elastin from France, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid, all of which moisturize and plump skin for a more youthful, glowy appearance.
    Melony Forcier, People.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • What are some things to consider when choosing a squat rack?
    Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
  • Some even find that using the squat position, or using a squatty potty, can help reduce straining and promote defecation, said Dr. Xue.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Gritti’s dock-manager to Grazer’s left, foreground right in the shot, may be suspicious that his sturdy right elbow, offered for support during that parlous little leap from land to sea, is being roundly ignored.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until this storm passes.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Slip concerns sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Rothstein, a dumpy sad sack who, after getting into a fight at school, is sent to live with his uncle in Austin for the summer of 1998.
    Lucas Schaefer June 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
  • At the start of the production, when Blanche arrives at her sister’s dumpy apartment, a lithe young man (Jabez Sykes) contorts himself in abstract choreography.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Squatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squatty. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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