squat

adj 1: 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" [syn: {chunky},

{dumpy}, {low-set}, {squatty}, {stumpy}]

2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

[syn: {underslung}]

n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position;

strengthens the leg muscles [syn: {squatting}]

2: the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position

[syn: {squatting}]

v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth

while squatting" [syn: {crouch}, {scrunch}, {scrunch up},

{hunker down}]

2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The

building squatted low"

3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally