squat


squat (http://definr.com/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]
     n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position;
          strengthens the leg muscles [syn: squatting]
     2: the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
        [syn: squatting]
     v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
          while squatting" [syn: crouch, scrunch, scrunch up,
           hunker down]
     2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The
        building squatted low"
     3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally