I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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The impression was reinforced by Elton squatting down comfortably on the front-stage light box mid-story.
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I squatted down and hastily rinsed the bits I could get at, ending up with saturated clothes but mostly dry skin.
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Uncle Albert was squatting down by the flower bed doing a spot of weeding.
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He squatted down with a stick to try his luck.
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He seemed to be squatting down , and suddenly Sheila realised why.
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Ritchie squatted down by the door, chapped lips grim.
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Instead, hoping to expedite matters, he squatted down beside them and gave them a hand.
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Watson, bring that chair here and squat down .
■ NOUN
floor
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I let my back slide down the pillar until I was virtually squatting on the floor .
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Fong squatted on the floor , his back straight, his small hands raised, making quick gestures as he spoke.
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He found Yussuf squatting on the floor with his back against one of the walls staring dazedly into space.
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Several people took to squatting on the floor with shoes removed, having given in to the weight of their metallic dresses.
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At the Kursk station, women in peasant headscarves squat on the floor selling bunches of hot tasting radishes encrusted with soil.
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Miguel squatted down on the floor and took the bottle.
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He passed the envelope from his foot to his left hand, and, squatting on the floor , opened it.
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Some of the men had chairs to sit in, others stood or squatted on the floor .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A little boy was squatting at the edge of the pool.
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He squatted down beside me and offered me a cigarette.
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People squatted around the fire in small groups
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Thousands of families are still squatting in war-damaged buildings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Blue Mooney squatted next to a pink-and-white Pontiac as he stabbed the ice pick into the fourth tire.
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Finally he broke away and went and squatted on his haunches by the stream.
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It squatted incongruously among the trees, looking like a visitor from another planet.
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The trail was half lost in fog, the overcast squatted on the mountain.
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Tuan Ti Fo squatted, his legs folded under him, watching the boy.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a shabby, squat , balding man in an old raincoat
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The brown buildings were old and squat .
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The cook was short and squat , with thick eyebrows and a slight moustache.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And now this desperate damage: the squat compactness unhinged, made powerless.
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Comanche tipis were more squat and conical.
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During the greater part of each contest, the two are settled in a squat position, measuring each other.
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He came at last to Kinton, rounded the squat , square-towered church and the main street of the village stretched before him.
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Ravi-no stood looking, his squat body immensely still.
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The floor was covered in thick creamy carpet on which stood squat , natural leather chairs.
III. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was in that terrible state of lumbar pain where mobility involves a slow ambulatory squat .
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Most of them have moved off since they broke the squat .
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The rubber band workout group improved 26 percent in the squat and 17 percent in the shoulder press.