SQUAT

Definitions for the word, squat

(a.) Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.

(a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

(n.) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

(n.) A small vein of ore.

(n.) A sudden or crushing fall.

(n.) The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

(n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

(v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.

(v. t.) To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.

(v. t.) To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.

(v. t.) To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.