squat
/skwɑt/ verb C2- To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
- To lift (a barbell) while performing a squat · I can squat 150 lbs.
- 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.
- To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
- To cybersquat.
- To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.
He/she/it squats · Past squatted · Past participle squatted · -ing form squatting
Verb forms
- Base form
- squat
- He/she/it
- squats
- Past
- squatted
- Past participle
- squatted
- -ing form
- squatting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
There is one point which I should wish to determine.” He squatted down in front of the wooden chair and examined the seat of it with the greatest attention.
In an instant his strange headgear began to move, and there reared itself from among his hair the squat diamond-shaped head and puffed neck of a loathsome serpent.
Then he threw open the table drawer and drew out a squat notebook.
This he placed in the middle of the floor and, squatting down upon a stool in front of it, he threw back the lid.
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