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squat

[skwot] / skwɒt /


VERB
lower body by bending knees
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You think he gives a squat about what you think?

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Increasingly, the journey starts with a squat silver floor robot gliding beneath a storage rack, lifting a shelf and carrying it across a warehouse to a waiting worker.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Scouts who attended his matches saw a short, squat forward whose most impressive physical attribute was his substantial tush—not unlike another German World Cup hero of the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

A 640-pound squat by Hart nose tackle Gabe Degl’Innocenti.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2026

There were majestic sailing ships with detailed riggings and portholes, squat tugboats, a pirate ship steered by a mean-looking crew.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Doing deep squats or lunges with poor form can put unnecessary strain on your knee joint.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

“I’m on a gym tour, baby! I wanna come to your gym. I wanna work out with you,” she said before launching into squats, push-ups and bicep curls.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Strength-training exercises, such as wall squats or holding the plank position, are among the best ways to lower blood pressure.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

They use a "flywheel exercise device," similar to a yo-yo, that can allow for aerobics like rowing as well as provide resistance to perform moves like weighted squats and deadlifts.

From Barron's Apr. 4, 2026

The poodle squats to relieve itself on the cobbles, and the girl veers neatly to her left to skirt it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The device is squatter and wider than Samsung’s previous foldables.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“At least I eat sometimes,” said Cedric Mnisi, 39, who lives in a squatter camp nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

In “The Lady in the Van,” the tragedy of Smith’s odorous squatter Mary Shepherd is revealed only after her surprisingly touching death.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2024

Once upon a time, on June 15, 1859, 27-year-old Lyman Cutlar, a squatter on the island, discovered a pig pillaging his potatoes.

From Seattle Times May 16, 2024

She had been a squatter for almost fifteen years, and the city had finally decided to sell the apartments to her and the other squatters for one dollar apiece.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Many others throughout the country -- particularly around the capital Tirana and Albania's principal port, Durres, were simply squatted.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Others squatted on balcony steps or leaned against walls for the roughly 90-minute service.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

Two accounts on Instagram called the Camden Art Cafe and Autonomous Winter Shelter have posted about a "new squatted community space" at the York & Albany hotel.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2024

Found within a kilometre of the Danish parliament, Freetown Christiania was established in 1971 when a bunch of anarchists and hippies squatted inside a vacant military base.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2024

Lupita squatted in the bushes until she heard the orchestra start up again.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

He says he’s squatting more than 500 pounds and lifting 110-pound dumbbells.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Her early success "only intensified her commitment to stand by the common man - squatting with vendors, arriving wherever there was trouble, dressing simply and making it her hallmark style".

From BBC May 5, 2026

Ahead of the launch of its Cybercab vehicle, Tesla accuses Unibev of fraud and trademark squatting.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

As labor continued, she got into a squatting position; she let out some squeals and her tail flapped.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

When they reached the ditch, all the other rabbits were squatting together, watching their approach.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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