The meaning of Squat

adjective

Muscular or robust.

Usage examples:

He shrugged his beefy shoulders

adjective

(of a person, esp. a man) large, heavy, and powerful looking

Usage examples:

A big, beefy football player

adjective

(of a person) large and strong; heavily built.

Usage examples:

I saw a burly figure approaching

adjective

Bulky and thick.

Usage examples:

A chunky bracelet

adjective

Made of thick or lumpy pieces

Usage examples:

She wears chunky earrings and rings and a baggy sweater., i love chunky peanut butter!, she’s a chu…

adjective

(of horses, dogs, and other animals) shortish and thickset; stocky.

Usage examples:

Words such as broad, thick, powerful and cobby defined persian cats, while turkish angoras answered…

adjective

With a body that is relatively short and wide

Usage examples:

Selection for the breed's square and cobby body has exaggerated those qualities, causing a number o…

verb

Crouch down in fear.

Usage examples:

Children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted

verb

Bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner.

Usage examples:

He cringed away from the blow

noun

An act of cringing.

Usage examples:

The chuckle turned into a cringe as i swung a little, due to the movement caused by my laughter.

verb

To feel embarrassed and ashamed about something

Usage examples:

I cringed when i realized what i’d said., he cringes every time he hears the dentist’s drill.

adjective

(of a person) short and stout.

Usage examples:

The dress made her look dumpy

adjective

(of a place) dirty and run-down.

Usage examples:

A dumpy one-room apartment

adjective

Short and fat

Usage examples:

Does this dress make me look dumpy?

adjective

Fat and squat.

Usage examples:

The fubsy man waddled forward, nearly half the height of the beautiful woman, and merely stared at …

adjective

Rather short and fat

Usage examples:

The actor plays the fubsy assistant store manager with surprising firearm skills.

adjective

(of a person) broad and strongly built.

Usage examples:

A heavyset, bull-necked man wearing a t-shirt that revealed his powerful musculature

adjective

Having a large, wide body

Usage examples:

He is a heavyset man with a beautiful tenor voice.

verb

Raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward.

Usage examples:

Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow

noun

A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact.

Usage examples:

I have a hunch that someone is telling lies

noun

An idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] i had a hunch that you’d be here., [ i ] we gathered in a circle and hunched over…

adjective

Of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.

Usage examples:

The school is a long, low building

noun

A low point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

His popularity ratings are at an all-time low

adverb

In or into a low position or state.

Usage examples:

She pressed on, bent low to protect her face

adjective

Having a strong body with wide shoulders, a narrow waist, and hard muscles

Usage examples:

Sprinters tend to have muscular, mesomorphic bodies and a high proportion of fast-twitch muscle fib…

adjective

Occurring as nuggets.

Usage examples:

Nuggety gold

adjective

Relating to or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat.

Usage examples:

One's physical or bodily shape can be classified into the pyknic type, the muscular type and the in…

verb

Crouch or squat.

Usage examples:

He scooched down and rubbed the dog's head

verb

To move a short distance, especially when you are in a sitting or crouching (= low, with bent knees) position

Usage examples:

Can you scooch over and make room?, she used to scooch up so close to the tv that her parents warne…

adjective

Measuring a small distance from end to end.

Usage examples:

Short dark hair

verb

(of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /ʊ/ in good is short as distinct from the long vowel /uː/ in food ).

noun

Short trousers that reach only to the knees or thighs.

Usage examples:

Cycling shorts

verb

Adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright.

Usage examples:

I sat next to him at dinner

noun

A period of sitting.

Usage examples:

A sit in the shade

verb

Take a seat

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

adverb

Into small pieces.

Usage examples:

Cut the okra up small

plural noun

Small items of clothing, especially underwear.

Usage examples:

Do we know if secreted about his smalls he has a pair of boxer shorts in either the ancient or red …

adjective

Firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

The stream was frozen solid

noun

A substance or object that is solid rather than liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

I was reminded of high school physics where we learned that solids conduct sound better than both l…

adjective

Having a fixed shape that cannot be changed easily

Usage examples:

After flying all night, he was glad to be on solid ground., solid rock, a solid oak table, solid go…

adjective

Broad and sturdily built.

Usage examples:

He had a short, stocky body

adjective

(esp. of a man) wide and strong-looking

Usage examples:

He was shorter and stockier than i expected.

adjective

Short and thick.

Usage examples:

Bob pointed with a stubby finger

noun

A squat bottle of beer typically holding 375 cl.

Usage examples:

Sunday's lazy morning was given a go-by as the guests gathered, many of them caressing the beer stu…

adjective

Short and thick

Usage examples:

He had rather unattractive, stubby fingers.

adjective

Short and thick; squat.

Usage examples:

Weak stumpy legs

adjective

Short and thick

Usage examples:

There was a large ring on each of her stumpy fingers.

adjective

Having been prevented from growing or developing properly.

Usage examples:

The trees exhibit a stunted appearance

verb

Prevent from growing or developing properly.

Usage examples:

Some weeds produce chemicals that stunt the plant's growth

verb

Perform stunts, especially aerobatics.

Usage examples:

Agile terns are stunting over the water

adjective

(of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built.

Usage examples:

He had a sturdy, muscular physique

noun

Vertigo in sheep caused by a tapeworm larva encysted in the brain.

adjective

Strong or solid

Usage examples:

That ladder doesn’t look sturdy enough to hold you.

adjective

(of a person or animal) heavily or solidly built; stocky.

Usage examples:

A thickset boy with dark greasy hair

adjective

A thickset person, especially a man, has a body that is wide across the shoulders and chest and is short

Usage examples:

A thickset young man appeared in the doorway.