Meaning

8 senses

  1. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

    hocken, kauern, (Knie) beugen

    приседа́тьprisedátʹ, присе́стьpriséstʹ, сади́ться на ко́рточкиsadítʹsja na kórtočki

  2. To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.

    To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.

  3. (transitive)To lift (a barbell) while performing a squat

    I can squat 150 lbs.

    heben (Gewicht), Gewichtheben (n.)

  4. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.

    besetzen

  5. To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.

  6. (dated)To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.

  7. (Internet)To cybersquat.

  8. (slang)To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.

    I can't believe they squatted my favorite faction!

More definitions
  • sit on one's heels
  • occupy (a dwelling) illegally
  • be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
  • to perform the squat weightlifting exercise

Examples

53 sentences

  1. Tom doesn't know squat about Mary.

    Том взагалі нічого не знає про Мері. — deniko

    ruТом ничегошеньки о Мэри не знает. — Wezel

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  2. Tom is squatting.

    Том сидить навпочіпки. — deniko

    ruТом сидит на корточках. — odexed

    deTom hockt. — Felixjp

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  3. Tom squatted down under the tree.

    ruТом сел на корточки под деревом. — Selena777

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  4. Tom was squatting by the fire.

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  5. Tom squatted down next to his dog.

    deTom hockte sich neben seinen Hund. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to bend at the knees:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to bend at the knees:
weightlifting: to exercise:
to occupy without permission:

Origin

From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, la

From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).

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Forms

squats, squatting, squatted, squatted
Base formsquat · to squat
3rd person singularsquats
Present participlesquatting
Past simplesquatted
Past participlesquatted

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysquat
he, she, itsquats

Past simpleLesson

all personssquatted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave squatted
he, she, ithas squatted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill squat

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

43 related words
RelatedcogentC2cachecoagulatesquattingsquatter
Derivedabsquatulateair squatasquatbelt squatbox squatdeep squatflamingo squatfront squatgoblet squathack squathot squatjack squatjockey squatjump squatoutsquatoverhead squatpin squatpistol squatsafety squatshrimp squatsplit squatsquat cagesquat effectsquat lobster

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
squarelysquashB2squattersquawksqueak

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