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squat::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | underslung |
| Derivation | squatness |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit |
| Type of | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up |
| Type of | sit down, sit |
| Derivation | squatting |
In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting.
squat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | knee bend, squatting |
| Type of | leg exercise |
Examples of squat
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Many people avoid the squat in their training routines for a variety of reasons.
From the theepochtimes.com
Coming to London in 1980, she moved into the St Agnes Place squat in Kennington.
From the guardian.co.uk
Squat down, keeping your back flat and your knees behind the front of your toes.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Squat so knees are bent 90 degrees and Xertube handles are above your shoulders.
From the stltoday.com
Tied strength record set by former Alabama star Kenny King with 625 pound squat.
From the al.com
Hanson said she would have a parent do a squat while picking up a medicine ball.
From the jsonline.com
You must hire or squat somewhere, and raise but a small crop, and eat that soon.
From the infowars.com
And let's be honest, when the good times were rolling, no one said diddly squat.
From the guardian.co.uk
And being a St Pauli institution, Pudel is less a club than a legal squat party.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Knee bend: exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
- Chunky: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ...
- Sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
- Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"
- Having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
- Jack: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"
- In strength training, the squat is an exercise that trains primarily the muscles of the thighs, hips and buttocks, as well as strengthening the bones, ligaments and insertion of the tendons throughout the lower body. ...
- The squat effect is the hydrodynamic phenomenon by which a vessel moving quickly through shallow water creates an area of lowered pressure under its bottom that causes the ship to "squat" lower in the water than would otherwise be expected. ...
- In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Squats are a dwarf-like race descended from the humans that colonised high gravity worlds. Separated from the rest of humanity over the millennia they evolved their own distinct morphology and culture. ...
