SQUAT

I. verb (~ted; ~ting) see: cache Date: 15th century transitive verb to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground, to occupy as a ~ter , intransitive verb to crouch close to the ground as if to escape observation , to assume or maintain a position in which the body is supported on the feet and the knees are bent so that the buttocks rest on or near the heels, to be or become a ~ter, II. adjective (~ter; ~test) Date: 15th century sitting with the haunches close above the heels, 2. low to the ground, marked by disproportionate shortness or thickness, ~ly adverb ~ness noun III. noun Date: 1580 1. the act of ~ting, the posture of one that ~s, 2. a place where one ~s, the lair of a small animal , a lift in which a standing weight lifter drops to a ~ting position and then rises to an upright position while holding a barbell on the shoulders, an empty house or building that is occupied by ~ters, diddly-~