English Explanatory Dictionary

squat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
  2. Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.
noun
  1. A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  2. Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
  3. 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).
  4. A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
  5. A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
  6. A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
  7. Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
  8. A small vein of ore.
  9. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
  10. Squat effect.
  11. A sudden or crushing fall.
  12. A dental practice set up from scratch instead of joining an existing one.
verb
  1. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  2. To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
  3. To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
  4. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
  5. To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
  6. To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
  7. To cybersquat.
  8. To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.
noun
  1. The angel shark (genus Squatina).

Pronunciation

/skwɒt/ /skwɑt/ /skwɔt/ en-us-squat.ogg en-au-squat.ogg

Word forms

squat squatter squattest squats squatting squatted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Old French es- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin co- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin cōgō Latin coāctusder. Old French quatir Old French esquatirder. Middle English squatten English squat 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.

Synonyms

nothing

Related words

cache coagulate cogent

Derived words

absquatulate air squat Anderson squat Asian squat asquat belt squat bottoms up squat box squat breathing squat Bulgarian split squat count for squat deep squat flamingo squat front squat goblet squat hack squat Hindu squat hot squat jack squat jockey squat jump squat outsquat overhead squat pin squat pistol squat plié squat pop a squat safety squat shrimp squat sissy squat Slav squat Smith squat split squat squat cage squat effect squat lobster squatly squatment squatness squat pad squat rack squat snipe squat sponge squat switch squattage squatter squat thrust squatting squattish squattle squattocracy squat toilet squatty Steinborn squat sumo squat Zercher squat

Translations

Arabic: قُرْفُصَاء Chinese Mandarin: 深蹲 Czech: dřep Danish: knæbøjning Finnish: kyykky Finnish: jalkakyykky German: Kniebeuge German: Freiübungen German: Gymnastikübungen ohne Geräte German: Kallisthenie Hungarian: guggolás Hungarian: térdhajlítás Icelandic: hnébeygja Italian: flessione Japanese: スクワット Korean: 스쿼트 Norwegian Bokmål: knebøy Norwegian Nynorsk: knebøyg Serbo-Croatian: čučanj Spanish: cuclilla Swedish: knäböj
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