Squat definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SQUAT, v.i. 1. To sit down upon the hams or ... pretense of title; a practice very common in the wilderness. SQUAT, v.t. To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Not in use.] SQUAT, a. 1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering. Him there they found, squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve. 2 ... squatting. The head of the squill insect is broad and squat. SQUAT, n. 1. The posture of one that sits ...
doodley-squat definitions Merriam Webster's or doodly-squat noun Etymology: doodley (perhaps alteration of do one's do to defecate) + squat Date: 1934 diddly-squat
Squat snipe definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Squat Squat, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his ... A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. Woodward. Squat snipe (Zo["o]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local ...
... children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down] Merriam Webster's ... hunkering) Etymology: probably akin to Middle Dutch hucken, huken to squat, Middle Low German h?ken to squat, peddle, Old Norse h?ka to squat Date: 1720 1. crouch, squat — usually used with down 2. to settle in or dig ... on the floor... He ended up hunkering down beside her. = squat PHRASAL VERB: V P on n, V P beside ...
... title. 4 a person who squats. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Squat Squat, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his ... A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. Woodward. Squat snipe (Zo["o]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Squatter Squat"ter, n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles ... an extent now unknown. --Macaulay. 2. (Zo["o]l.) See Squat snipe, under Squat. Squatter sovereignty, the right claimed by the squatters, or ...
... i. To sink by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; to stoop or sink downwards. Our dame wits cowering oer ... or shrink back, esp. in fear; cringe. 2 stand or squat in a bent position. Etymology: ME f. MLG kuren lie ... cwrian.] To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear. Our dame sits ... Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. Crouch, cringe, fawn, stoop, squat, bend the knee. Moby Thesaurus apple-polish, bend, bend the ... quail, quiver, recoil, scrouch down, shake, shrink, skulk, slink, sneak, squat, stoop, teeter, toadeat, toady, totter, tremble, truckle, wallow, welter, wince
... 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, squat, squatty, stumpy] 3: short and plump [syn: dumpy, podgy, pudgy ... lump Date: 1750 1. being short and thick in build ; squat 2. shabby, dingy • dumpily adverb • dumpiness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary ... Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Short and thick (in person), squat. Moby Thesaurus Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, adipose, beefy, big-bellied, bloated ... runty, scraggy, scrubby, shapeless, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, snub-nosed, square, squat, squattish, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, stubbed, stubby, stumpy, stunted ...
... the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: knee bend, squat, squatting] 2: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching ... the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels [syn: squat, squatting] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Squat Squat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted; p. pr. & vb. n ... OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. cogere to ...
... children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down] Merriam Webster's ... in the bushes... The man was crouched behind the Mercedes. = squat VERB: V prep/adv, V-ed • Crouch is also a ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. 1. Couch, squat, lie flat, stoop low, lie close to the ground. 2 ... obeisance, prostration, quail, reverence, salaam, scrouch down, skulk, slink, sneak, squat, stoop, supination, swat, toadeat, toady, truckle, truckle to, underlie, wallow ...
... 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, squat, squatty, stumpy] Merriam Webster's adjective (squattier; -est) Date: 1881 ... the ground 2. dumpy, thickset Webster's 1913 Dictionary Squatty Squat"ty, a. Squat; dumpy. --J. Burroughs.
... To cheat; to defraud by cheating. ROOK, v.i. To squat. [See Ruck.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (chess ... Obs.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rook Rook, v. i. To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] --Shak. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rook Rook ... II. v. n. 1. Cheat, defraud, rob, ruck, cower. 2. Squat, sit close. III. v. a. Cheat, defraud by cheating, castle ...