squatting meaning

  "squatting" in a sentence
Noun: squatting  skwóting
  1. Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
    - knee bend, squat 
  2. The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
    - squat
Verb: squat (squatted,squatting)  skwót
  1. Sit on one's heels
    "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
    - 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

See also: squatter

Type of: be, leg exercise, lodge in, motility, motion, move, movement, occupy, reside, sit, sit down

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Squatting

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  1. squatting down, the two of them started to have a chat.
  2. i want to hear all about that squatting you did.
  3. his father and the smith and a third man squatting on his heels inside the door were talking.
  4. her only worry was herb, who had become more unmanageable than ever since the squatting.
  5. two people are squatting at the door of the chapel

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