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squat

[skwot] / skwɒt /


VERB
lower body by bending knees
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And for 88 years, Damburger — now operating out of a squat brick-and-mortar restaurant in downtown Redding — has dished out what is, according to its official motto, “the best hamburger by a dam site.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

NUUK, Greenland—In a squat building at the center of this icebound capital, Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, addressed a hastily convened press conference to reassure his 57,000 compatriots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

D5 - the squat bungalow - now sits derelict, out of place among a row of plush, well-kept homes.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He had let Sam squat down very close and watch.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry




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