squat
//skwɒt//
Verb
To crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs.
She squatted down to pick up the fallen coins.
To unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or area of land.
Homeless people were squatting in the abandoned building.
Noun
A crouching position or posture with the knees bent and the heels close to the buttocks.
She lowered herself into a squat to pick up the fallen coins.
A weightlifting exercise in which a person squats down and rises while holding a barbell across the shoulders.
He added heavy squats to his leg workout routine.
A building occupied by people living in it without legal permission.
The abandoned factory had become a squat for homeless people.
Adjective
Short and wide; disproportionately broad or low.
The squat building stood out among the tall skyscrapers.