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Word: Squat
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English (in the sense ‘thrust down with force’): from Old French esquatir ‘flatten’, based on Latin coactus, past participle of cogere ‘compel’ (see cogent). The current sense of the adjective dates from the mid 17th century
skwɒt
crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs
Short Definition:crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or back of one's thighs
Examples:- I squatted down in front of him
unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or settle on a piece of land
Short Definition:unlawfully occupy uninhabited building or settle on piece of land
Examples:- eight families are squatting in the house
Word: Squat
Speech Type: Noun
skwɒt
a squatting position.
Short Definition:squatting position
a building occupied by people living in it without the legal right to do so
Short Definition:building occupied by people living in it without legal right
Examples:- a basement room in a North London squat
- I didn't know squat about writing plays
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