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Synonyms for squat
skwɒt
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Princeton's WordNet
knee bend, squat, squatting(noun)
exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
Synonyms:
shit, diddly-shit, doodly-squat, diddlysquat, knee bend, diddly-squat, diddley, jack, squatting, diddlyshit, diddlyjack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit(noun)
a small worthless amount
"you don't know jack"
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darn, knee bend, diddly-squat, seafarer, jackass, jack, seaman, tar, squatting, laborer, dickhead, hoot, diddlyshit, mariner, dogshit, doodly-squat, gob, diddly-shit, prick, shit, jak, bastard, son of a bitch, crap, tinker's damn, damn, bullshit, sea dog, shite, jackstones, bull, horseshit, turd, dirt, asshole, diddly, shucks, diddlysquat, knave, cocksucker, red cent, tinker's dam, dump, labourer, diddley, poop, whoreson, manual laborer, old salt, jackfruitsquat, squatting(adj)
the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
Synonyms:
shit, diddly-shit, diddlysquat, knee bend, diddly-squat, diddley, jack, squatting, diddlyshit, doodly-squat, diddlychunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy(adj)
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"
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lowset, chunky, stumpy, lumpy, tubby, dumpy, pudgy, underslung, squatty, low-set, podgy, roly-polysquat, underslung(verb)
having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
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chunky, stumpy, undershot, underhung, dumpy, underslung, squatty, low-setsquat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down(verb)
sit on one's heels
"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
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crump, scrunch up, crisp, bow, crease, stoop, hunker, crinkle, hunker down, bend, scrunch, thud, ruckle, crouch, wrinklesquat(verb)
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
"The building squatted low"
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scrunch, hunker, scrunch up, crouch, hunker downsquat(verb)
occupy (a dwelling) illegally
Synonyms:
scrunch, hunker, scrunch up, crouch, hunker down
Dictionary of English Synonymes
squat(v. n.)
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crouch, cower, sit close to the groundsquat(v. n.)
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[Modern.] settle (without title to the land), plant one's self, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tentsquat(a.)
squat(a.)
Synonyms:
dumpy, STUMPY, stubby, short and thick
How to use squat in a sentence?
First baton charge, then tear gas and when everything fails, firing. The constables have to squat on the ground placing one knee on the floor, take aim on the legs to incapacitate the rioters and fire.
I was hung (handcuffed and shackled) on a steep X-Cross doing a spread-eagled pose for hours after hours, sometimes, they ordered me to do the 'stress tests', which includes extreme strength exercise such as 'squat' and 'chair pose' for countless hours. They beat me every time I failed to do so using something like sharpened batons.
Skeptics squat by the road like guardians of truth, letting no one pass who doesn't come up to scratch. They never realize that they can see only what their paradigm tells them to look for. If you judge a person only by how well he plays pool, Mozart won't pass scrutiny, but the fault is in your lens.
We have to be able to do a squat that's safe and effective for when you're sitting in a chair, getting into a car, getting off the couch, those are all functional movements.
Translations for squat
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- dřep, dřepnoutCzech
- besætteDanish
- Kniebeuge, besetzen, Hocke, besetztes Haus, hockenGerman
- [[κάνω]] [[κατάληψη]], κάθομαι σταυροπόδιGreek
- cuclilla, sentadilla, acurrucarse, ocupar, rechoncho, cuclillas, okupa, agacharse, acuclillarse, okuparSpanish
- kyykkivä, jalkakyykky, kyykkykäymälä, [[kyykyssä]] [[oleva]], höykäsen pöläystä, rikkaa ristiin, paksu, kyykistyä, kyykky, [[vallattu]] [[rakennus]], kyyristyä, vallataFinnish
- s'accroupir, squat, trapu, squatterFrench
- guggolHungarian
- edificio occupato, casa occupata, occupareItalian
- しゃがむ, 蹲るJapanese
- noho hītengitengi, noho tītengi, noho tīneinei, hītekiMāori
- gedrongen, kraakpand, hurken, krakenDutch
- skłot, ubikacja kucana, kucać, kucki, przysiad, ubikacja narciarska, squat, kucnąćPolish
- cócoras, agachamento, ocupação, agachar-sePortuguese
- садиться на корточки, сесть на корточки, коренастый, приземистый, приседать, ничего, присестьRussian
- huk, knäböj, låg, ockupera, ockuperad, sitta på hukSwedish
- بیٹھنےUrdu
- 蹲Chinese
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