squat
See also: Squat
squat - English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /skwɒt/
- (General American) IPA: /skwɑt/
Adjective
squat (comparative squatter, superlative squattest)
- Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
- Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.
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Noun
squat (plural squats)
- A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- (exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
- (weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).
- A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
- A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
- A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
- (slang, Canada, US) Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
- Synonyms: nothing; see also nothing
- I know squat about nuclear physics.
- (mining) A small vein of ore.
- A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
- (obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall.
Derived terms
- breathing squat
- count for squat
- front squat
- hack squat
- sissy squat
- squat effect
- squat snipe
- squat switch
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Verb
squat (third-person singular simple present squats, present participle squatting, simple past and past participle squatted)
- To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- (exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
- To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
- To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
- (dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
- (Internet) To cybersquat.
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Noun
squat (plural squats)
- The angel shark (genus Squatina).
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squat - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /skwat/
Noun
squat m (plural squats)
- Squat (building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter)
- taper un squat
- to squat an apartment; do stupid and useless things
- uninvited presence in a building or place (the result of which can be welcomed)
- on va taper un squat chez Jérôme ?
- let's crash at Jérôme's place?
- squat effect
- Parmi les inconvénients du squat, la modification de l'écoulement des filets d'eau, perturbé par la proximité du fond, provoque des difficultés de gouverne, des vibrations, et une diminution de la vitesse.
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- (weightlifting) Squat
- C'est Vlad Alhazov qui détient le record du monde au squat, avec 1250lbs (566,99 kilo).
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squat - Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /skwat/
- Syllabification: squat
Noun
squat m inan
- squat (building occupied without permission by squatters)
Declension
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noun
squat - Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈskwat/ [ˈskwat̪], /esˈkwat/ [esˈkwat̪]
Noun
squat m (plural squats)
- squat (exercise)