■ verb ( ~s , ~ting , ~ted )
1》 crouch or sit with the knees bent and the heels close to or touching the buttocks or thighs.
2》 unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or area of land.
■ adjective ( ~ter , ~test ) short or low, and disproportionately broad or wide.
■ noun
1》 a ~ting position or movement.
↘ Weightlifting an exercise in which a person ~s down and rises again while holding a barbell across the shoulders.
2》 a building occupied by ~ters.
↘an act of ~ting in an uninhabited building.
3》 N. Amer. informal short for diddly-~ .
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. e~ir 'flatten', based on L. coactus , past participle of cogere 'compel'.