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| 1. adj. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad. |  |
| 2. adj. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching. | |
| 3. n. A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet. | |
| 4. n. (weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders. | |
| 5. n. A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter. | |
| 6. n. A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet. | |
| 7. n. (slang) Something of no value; nothing. | |
| I know squat about nuclear physics. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall. | |
| 9. n. (mining) A small vein of ore. | |
| 10. n. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. | |
| 11. v. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet. | |
| 12. v. (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back. | |
| 13. v. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner. | |
| 14. v. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit. | |
| 15. v. (dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash. | |
| 16. n. The angel shark (genus). | |
