squat

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

squatter

Superlative

squattest

1.
Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
2.
Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

squats

1.
(countable, uncountable)A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
2.
(countable, uncountable)(exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
4.
(countable, uncountable)A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
5.
(countable, uncountable)A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
6.
(Canada, US, abbreviation, alt of, clipping, slang, uncountable)Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
I know squat about nuclear physics.
Đồng nghĩa: nothing
7.
(countable, uncountable)(mining) A small vein of ore.
8.
(countable, uncountable)A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
9.
(countable, uncountable)(nautical) Squat effect.
10.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A sudden or crushing fall.
11.
(countable, slang, uncountable)(dentistry, slang) A dental practice set up from scratch instead of joining an existing one.
[…] needs many patients to be viable — definitely not for the first six months of a squat. Ron mentioned that many graduates ask representatives for advice regarding squats and those he has not deterred have done well […]
12.
The angel shark (genus Squatina).

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

squats

V_ing/Gerund

squatting

V_ed/pp

squatted

1.
To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
2.
(exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
3.
To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
4.
To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
5.
(dated)To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
6.
(Internet)To cybersquat.
7.
(slang)(slang, board games) To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.
I can't believe they squatted my favorite faction!

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (compress, press down, lay flat, crush), from es- (ex-) + quatir (press down, flatten), from la-vul, from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (force together, compress).