Dictionary Entry
squat
squat is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The angel fish (Squatina angelus). Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The angel fish (Squatina angelus).
- 2transitive verb
To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.
- 3transitive verb
To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
- 4transitive verb
To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.
- 5transitive verb
To bruise or make flat by a fall.
- 6adjective
Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
- 7adjective
Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.
- 8noun
The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.
- 9noun
A sudden or crushing fall.
- 10noun
A small vein of ore.
- 11noun
A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
- 12noun
the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
Synonyms
- 13noun
exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
Synonyms
- 14noun
a small worthless amount
"you don't know jack"
- 15verb
sit on one's heels
"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
"The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
- 16verb
occupy (a dwelling) illegally
- 17verb
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
"The building squatted low"
- 18adjective
having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
Synonyms
- 19adjective
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"
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