verb / noun / adjective
squat
SKWAHT/skwɑːt/
A lowered bodily position with knees bent.
The older man holds a deep squat with both heels on the ground.
Etymology
The image is of pressing down or flattening. Squat first meant “crush, flatten” in English, then shifted to crouching on the heels—a posture that brings the body low toward the ground.
In context
do this at the waist just like at work this is a bad idea you're going to hurt your back and you take away all your power you need to squat down into it
More examples
- She squats beside the garden bed to pull weeds.
- We do ten squats to strengthen our legs.
- A squat brick building stands beside the tall tower.
Forms
squat · squats · squatted · squatting · squatter · squattest