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The Meaning of squat

  • (n.) The angel fish (Squatina angelus).
  • (v. t.) To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.
  • (v. t.) To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
  • (v. t.) To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.
  • (v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.
  • (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
  • (a.) Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.
  • (n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.
  • (n.) A sudden or crushing fall.
  • (n.) A small vein of ore.
  • (n.) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

Synonyms

knee bend , squatting , jack , doodly-squat , diddly-squat , diddlysquat , diddly-shit , diddlyshit , diddly , diddley , shit , squatting , crouch , scrunch , scrunch up , hunker , hunker down , chunky , dumpy , low-set , squatty , stumpy , underslung

Rhymes

abott , aforethought , afterthought , alcott , allot , alot , apricot , aquanaut , ararat , argonaut , ascot , ascott , astronaut , aught , aydelotte , ayotte , baht , batat , begot , bhatt , blot , boitnott , bott , bought , boycott , brott , brought , buckshot , cadotte , camelot , cannot , caught , checkerspot , clot , clott , cosmonaut , cot , crackpot , croat , cypriot , demott , distraught , dot , dott , dreadnought , earshot , endicott , eyespot , faught , feedlot , flott , flowerpot , forethought , forgot , fought , fraught , gaut , got , gott , grapeshot , guillotte , gunshot , haught , haut , hot , hotshot , hott , huguenot , inkblot , jackpot , jot , juggernaut , khat , kilowatt , knot , knott , konsultat , kot , labatt , lamott , lamotte , lancelot , lat , launcelot , laut , lezotte , longshot , loquat , lot , lott , lotte , malott , marcott , marotte , mascot , mayotte , mcnaught , megawatt , minot , montserrat , mott , motte , naught , not , nott , notte , nought , ocelot , onslaught , ot , ott , otte , ought , overbought , overwrought , perrott , picotte , pilotte , plaut , plot , pot , potshot , pott , qiryat , raught , refaat , reshot , robot , rot , rott , rotte , rought , sadat , scattershot , schaadt , schlott , schott , schrodt , scot , scott , shot , shott , slingshot , slot , slott , snapshot , snot , sot , sought , spot , sprott , staat , stott , sunspot , surat , swat , szott , taught , taut , teapot , thought , topknot , tot , trot , trott , turcotte , upshot , vancott , voght , vought , wat , watt , whatnot , wrought , yacht , yott