SQUAT

noun a small vein of ore.

2. squat ·noun a sudden or crushing fall.

3. squat ·noun the angel fish (squatina angelus).

4. squat ·vt to bruise or make flat by a fall.

5. squat ·noun a mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

6. squat ·adj short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.

7. squat ·noun the posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

8. squat ·vt to sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.

9. squat ·adj sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

10. squat ·vt to settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.

11. squat ·vt to sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.