| Noun | 1. | squat - exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg musclesleg exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles | |
| 2. | squat - a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" | |
| 3. | squat - the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting positionmovement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" | |
| Verb | 1. | squat - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" | |
| 2. | squat - be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 3. | squat - occupy (a dwelling) illegally | |
| Adj. | 1. | squat - short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"short - low in stature; not tall; "his was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack" | |
| 2. | squat - having a low center of gravity; built low to the groundlow - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow" | |