squat

/skwɒt//skwɑt/

noun

1
A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
2
(exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
3
A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
4
A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
5
A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
6
A sudden or crushing fall.
7
A small vein of ore.
8
A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

1
To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
2
(exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
3
To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
4
To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
5
To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.

1
Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
2
Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

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