squat

squat

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 ones feet.
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, chapter II

     He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did.

2. (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
   • 1994, Kurt, Mike, & Brett Brungardt, The Complete Book of Butt and Legs, page 161

     For those who are having, or have had, trouble squatting we suggest learning how to squat by performing the front squat […] The front squat allows you almost no alternative but to perform the exercise correctly.

3. To occupy without permission.
   • 1890, Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives , chapter VII

     Huddled together in loathsome files, they squat there over night, or until an inquisitive policeman breaks up the congregation with his club, which in Mulberry Street has always free swing.

squat (plural squats)

1. A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on ones feet.
   • 2006, Yael Calhoun & Matthew R. Calhoun, Create a Yoga Practice for Kids, page 72

     Sit in a squat, with your feet a comfortable distance apart.

2. (weightlifting): A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders.
   • 2001, Robert Wolff, Robert Wolffs Book of Great Workouts, page 58-59

     The king of all quad exercises, and arguably the best single-weight resistance exercise, is the squat.

3. A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting (Wikipedia entry).
4. A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
   • 1996, Chris Smith, ""Live Free or Die"", New York Magazine? (8 Jul 2009), page 36

     "" […] If you want to spend a night in a squat, its all political to get in."" Lately, as buildings have filled and become stringent about new admissions, much of the squatters ""My house is your house"" rhetoric has become hollow.

5. (slang) Something of no value; nothing.

   I know squat about nuclear physics.

   • 2003, ""Dear Dotti"", Weekly World News?, vol. 24, no. 34 (May 6), page 23

     We didnt ask for rent, but we assumed theyd help around the house. But they dont do squat.

squat (comparative more squat, superlative most squat)

1. Relatively short or low and thick or broad
   • 1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

     On the gentle slopes there are farms, ancient and rocky, with squat, moss-coated cottages brooding eternally over old New England secrets in the lee of great ledges […]

	casa occupata
	building occupied without permission

	edificio occupato
	building occupied without permission

	occupare
	to occupy without permission

	abusivamente
	to occupy without permission

	accucciarsi
	To sit in a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels.

accosciarsi

accovacciarsi

occupare abusivamente

rannicchiarsi

tarchiato

tozzo

Altri significati:

position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet

Relatively short or low and thick or broad

(slang) Something of no value; nothing.

(weightlifting): A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders.

(to) squat

A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.

to bend at the knees

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

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

weightlifting: exercise

A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting (Wikipedia entry).

To occupy without permission.

To move into a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels.

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