Source : WordNet®

squat
     v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
          while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
          themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: {crouch}, {scrunch},
           {scrunch up}, {hunker}, {hunker down}]
     2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The
        building squatted low"
     3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally
     [also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]

squat
     n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position;
          strengthens the leg muscles [syn: {knee bend}, {squatting}]
     2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: {jack},
         {diddly-squat}, {diddlysquat}, {diddly-shit}, {diddlyshit},
         {diddly}, {diddley}, {shit}]
     3: the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
        [syn: {squatting}]
     [also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]

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}]
     [also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]

squattest
     See {squat}