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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squat  \Squat\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Squatted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Squatting}.]  [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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  squatting 
  n  1:  exercising  by  repeatedly  assuming  a  squatting  position; 
  strengthens  the  leg  muscles  [syn:  {squat}] 
  2:  the  act  of  assuming  or  maintaining  a  squatting  position 
  [syn:  {squat}] 




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