squat

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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”). The sense “nothing” is synchronically analyzable as a clipping of diddly-squat, although diachronically the direction of derivation is uncertain. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skwɒt/ (General American) IPA(key): /skwɑt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /skwɔt/ Rhymes: -ɒt ==== 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. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== squat (countable and uncountable, 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, uncountable) Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value. Synonyms: nothing; see also Thesaurus:nothing (mining) A small vein of ore. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. (nautical) Squat effect. (obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall. (dentistry, slang) A dental practice set up from scratch instead of joining an existing one. ===== Translations ===== ==== 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. (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back. 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. (slang, board games) To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 2 === From Latin squatina. ==== Noun ==== squat (plural squats) The angel shark (genus Squatina). === References === “squat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Quast, quats == French == === Etymology === From English squat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skwat/ === Noun === squat m (plural squats) squat (building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter) uninvited presence in a building or place (the result of which can be welcomed) squat effect (weightlifting) Squat ==== Related terms ==== squattage squatter squattériser squatteur === Further reading === “squat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Alternative forms === skłot === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English squat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskwat/ Rhymes: -at Syllabification: squat Homophone: skład === Noun === squat m inan squat (building occupied without permission by squatters) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “squat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈkwat/ [esˈkwat̪], /ˈskwat/ [ˈskwat̪] Rhymes: -at Syllabification: squat === Noun === squat m (plural squats) squat (exercise)