squat
/skwɑt/ sustantivo C2En español: cuclillas, cuclilla, sentadilla, okupación
- A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
- Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
- 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).
- A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
- A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
- A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
- A small vein of ore.
- A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
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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.
At one side of this was a squat, brass-bound wooden box, the lid of which was hinged upwards, with this curious old-fashioned key projecting from the lock.
When we descended I followed Holmes into the stable yard, where he opened the door of a loose-box and led out a squat, lop-eared, white-and-tan dog, something between a beagle and a foxhound.
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