I. ˈkwät, -at verb
( quatted ; quatted ; quatting ; quats )
Etymology: Middle English quaten, from Middle French quatir to beat, from (assumed) coactire to press together — more at decating
transitive verb
dialect chiefly England
1. : beat down : squash
2. : glut , satiate
intransitive verb
chiefly dialect : squat
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of quaten
chiefly dialect : pressed close : squat
the rest lay so quat and close that they could not be apprehended — John Bunyan
III.
Scotland
variant of quit
IV. noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
1. dialect chiefly England : an eruption of the skin (as a pimple, boil, sty)
2. chiefly dialect : upstart , whippersnapper
V.
variant of kat
VI. abbreviation
Etymology: Latin quattuor
four