Category:Squat

Squat, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: the angel fish (squatina angelus

Squat Squat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squatting.] Etym: [oe. squatten to crush, of. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto Squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. cogere to drive Or urge together. See cogent, squash, v. t.]

1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near The fire.

2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to Escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.

3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on Common or public lands.

Squat Squat, v. t.

Defn: to bruise or make flat by a fall. [obs.]

Squat Squat, a.

1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; Cowering; crouching. Him there they found, squat like a toad, close at the ear of eve. Milton.

2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting. "the Round, squat turret." R. Browning. The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat. Grew.

Squat Squat, n.

1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the Ground.

2. A sudden or crushing fall. [obs.] erbert.

3. (mining) (a) a small vein of ore. (b) a mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. Halliwell. Woodward. Squat snipe (zoöl.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [local, U.s.]