squat

A low position with your knees deeply bent and your weight resting on your feet.

• She lowered herself into a squat.
• Hold the squat for ten seconds.
• He rested in a squat beside the fire.

Similar words: crouch

Common phrases: deep squat, in a squat, hold a squat

To lower your body by bending your knees deeply while staying on your feet.

• Squat down beside me.
• She squatted to pick up the coin.
• He was squatting near the door when I arrived.

How to use it: squat down (He squatted down to examine the tracks.)

Similar words: crouch

Opposites: stand

Common phrases: squat down, squat beside someone, squat on something

To lift a weight by bending your knees and then standing up with it.

• I can squat fifty kilograms.
• She squatted a heavier weight today.
• How much can you squat safely?

Common phrases: squat heavy weights, squat a barbell

To stop producing or supporting a model kit or a group of model kits.

• The company may squat that faction.
• They squatted the entire range last year.
• Fans were disappointed when the manufacturer squatted their favorite kits.

Similar words: discontinue, retire

Common phrases: squat a faction, squat a range, squat a kit

Short and wide, often looking heavy or unattractive.

• It was a squat building.
• A squat bottle stood on the shelf.
• The squat tower looked small beside the church.

Similar words: stocky, stumpy

Opposites: slender

Common phrases: squat building, squat tower, squat bottle