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