squat Значение & определение

Значение на squat на български

• 0 to position yourself close to the ground balancing on the front part of your feet with your legs bent under your body:

  • She squatted on the ground and warmed her hands by the fire.

  • He squatted down and examined the front wheel of his bike.

• 1 to live in an empty building or area of land without the permission of the owner:

  • They squatted (in) an old house in King's Cross when their money ran out.

• 2 short and wide, usually in a way that is not attractive:

  • a row of ugly, squat houses

  • a heavily built, squat man

• 3 a squatting position

• 4 an exercise in which you stand on the ground with your feet apart and raise and lower your bottom by bending and straightening your legs

• 5 the place that you live in when you are squatting:

  • They're living in a damp squat with no electricity.

• 6 anything:

  • She shouldn't talk - she doesn't know squat about it.

  • His opinion isn't worth squat.

• 7 to position yourself close to the ground by bending your legs under you and balancing on the front part of your feet:

  • He squatted down and picked up some pebbles.

• 8 short and wide:

  • Mickey was a squat, dark man with a ragged beard.