0 to position yourself close to the ground balancing on the front part of your feet with your legs bent under your body: --
1 to live in an empty building or area of land without the permission of the owner: --
2 short and wide, usually in a way that is not attractive: --
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.