squat

See also: Squat

squat - English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /skwɒt/
  • (General American) IPA: /skwɑt/

Adjective

squat (comparative squatter, superlative squattest)

  1. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
  2. Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.

Translations

  • Bulgarian: клекнал (bg) (kleknal)
  • Czech: přikrčený
  • Dutch: gehurkt (nl), ineengedoken (nl)
  • Finnish: kyykkivä, kyykyssä oleva
  • Greek: ανακούρκουδα (el) (anakoúrkouda)
  • Hungarian: kuporgó, guggoló
  • Maori: noho tīneinei, noho hītengitengi
  • Slovene: čepenje n or impf
  • Swedish: sitta på huk
  • Maori: tūruru

Noun

squat (plural squats)

  1. A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  2. (exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
    1. (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).
  3. A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
  4. A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
  5. A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
  6. (slang, Canada, US) Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
    • Synonyms: nothing; see also nothing
    • I know squat about nuclear physics.
  7. (mining) A small vein of ore.
  8. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
  9. (obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Arabic: قُرْفُصَاء m (qurfuṣāʔ)
  • Bikol Central: tukro
  • Bulgarian: клякане (kljakane)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 蹲下 (zh) (dūnxià)
  • Czech: dřep m
  • Dutch: hurken (nl)
  • Finnish: kyykky (fi)
  • German: Hocke (de) f
  • Hungarian: guggolás (hu), kuporgás
  • Maori: hīteki, noho hītengitengi, noho tītengi
  • Norwegian: huk
  • Polish: kucki (pl) f pl, przysiad m, przykuc m
  • Portuguese: agachamento (pt) m, cócoras (pt) f pl
  • Russian: присе́д (ru) m (priséd)
  • Spanish: cuclillas (es) f pl
  • Swedish: huk (sv)
  • Ukrainian: присідання n (prysidannja)
  • Bulgarian: клекало (bg) n (klekalo)
  • Finnish: kyykkykäymälä
  • Polish: ubikacja kucana (pl) f, ubikacja narciarska f

Verb

squat (third-person singular simple present squats, present participle squatting, simple past and past participle squatted)

  1. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  2. (exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
    1. (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
  3. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
  4. To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
  5. (dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
  6. (Internet) To cybersquat.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Dutch: kniebuigen
  • Hungarian: guggol (hu)
  • Bulgarian: заселвам се незаконно (zaselvam se nezakonno)
  • Danish: besætte (da)
  • Dutch: kraken (nl)
  • Finnish: vallata (fi)
  • French: squatter (fr)
  • Georgian: უკანონოდ დაკავება (uḳanonod daḳaveba), თვითნებურად შესახლება (tvitneburad šesaxleba), უკანონოდ შესახლება (uḳanonod šesaxleba), უკანონოდ ჩასახლება (uḳanonod časaxleba), შესახლება (šesaxleba), ჩასახლება (časaxleba)
  • German: besetzen (de)
  • Hungarian: engedély nélkül beköltözik/elfoglal/lakik/megszáll/​megtelepszik/​letelepszik
  • Italian: occupare (it), occupare abusivamente
  • Japanese: 不法占拠する (ふほうせんきょする, fuhō senkyo suru)
  • Maori: noho kōkuhu
  • Spanish: okupar, ocupar (es)
  • Swedish: ockupera (sv)

Noun

squat (plural squats)

  1. The angel shark (genus Squatina).

Anagrams

squat - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /skwat/

Noun

squat m (plural squats)

  1. Squat (building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter)
    • taper un squat
      • to squat an apartment; do stupid and useless things
  2. 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?
  3. 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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  4. (weightlifting) Squat
    • C'est Vlad Alhazov qui détient le record du monde au squat, avec 1250lbs (566,99 kilo).
      • (please add an English translation of this usage example)

squat - Polish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /skwat/
  • Syllabification: squat

Noun

squat m inan

  1. squat (building occupied without permission by squatters)

Declension

singular plural
nominative squat squaty
genitive squatu squatów
dative squatowi squatom
accusative squat squaty
instrumental squatem squatami
locative squacie squatach
vocative squacie squaty
noun

squat - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈskwat/ [ˈskwat̪], /esˈkwat/ [esˈkwat̪]

Noun

squat m (plural squats)

  1. squat (exercise)
Meaning and Definition of squat
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