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Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : skwot |
Phonetic Transcription : skwɒt |
Definition of squat
Origin :- early 15c., "crouch on the heels," from Old French esquatir "press down, lay flat, crush," from es- "out" (from Latin ex-) + Old French quatir "press down, flatten," from Vulgar Latin *coactire "press together, force," from Latin coactus, past participle of cogere "to compel, curdle, collect" (see cogent). Related: Squatted; squatting. Slang noun sense of "nothing at all" first attested 1934, probably suggestive of squatting to defecate. The adjective sense of "short, thick" dates from 1620s.
- adj short and stocky
- verb lower body by bending knees
- The fine gateway of the castle is flanked by two squat towers.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- It was a low vault, with squat arches, on exactly the same plan as the choir.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The animal waddled toward the centre of the circle, short and squat and ungainly.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Fire rays fall athwart the robes Of hooded men, squat and dumb.
- Extract from : « War is Kind » by Stephen Crane
- I'll squat you down in the gutter if you don't look out, Miss Fine-airs!
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- Toby Jenks was as short and squat as his friends were long and thin.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Few of the meat-eaters could "squat" more than three to four hundred times.
- Extract from : « No Animal Food » by Rupert H. Wheldon
- The man continued to squat by the fire, his hands extended to its warmth.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- He paused for a time, to squat on the bank and nurse his injured paw.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Timothy Turtle » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- I even heard his "dauntless horn" call and saw the "squat tower."
- Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
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