Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Old French es-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin co-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin cōgō
Latin coāctusder.
Old French quatir
Old French esquatirder.
Middle English squatten
English squat
From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
The sense “nothing” is synchronically analyzable as a clipping of diddly-squat, although diachronically the direction of derivation is uncertain.
Meanings
Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
On the gentle slopes there are farms, ancient and rocky, with squat, moss-coated cottages brooding eternally over old New England secrets in the lee of great ledges […] 1927 March, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Colour Out of Space”, in Amazing Stories, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, published September 1927, →ISSN:
What in the midst lay but the Tower itself? / The round squat turret, blind as the fool's heart, / Built of round stone, without a counterpart / In the whole world. […] 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, in Men and Women, London: Chapman & Hall, →OCLC, stanza XXXI:
The SQUILL-INSECT. […] So called from ſome ſimilitude to the Squill-fiſh: chiefly, in having a long Body cover'd with a Cruſt compoſed of ſeveral Rings or Plates. The Head is broad and ſquat. He hath a pair of notable ſharp Fangs before, both hooked inward like a Bulls horns. 1681, Nehemiah Grew, “Of Creeping Insects [part I, section VII, chapter III]”, in Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham College. … Whereunto is Subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts, London: Printed by W. Rawlins, for the Author, →OCLC, page 176:
Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.
[H]im there they found, / Squat like a toad, cloſe at the ear of Eve, / Aſſaying by his deviliſh art to reach / The organs of her fancy', and with them forge / Illuſions as he liſt, phantaſms and dreams, […] 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 799–803:
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Translations (65)
es achaparrado (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · es repolludo (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · es patango (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · mi hakahaka (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · es rechoncho (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · hu kuporgó (sitting low on the heels) · de platt (sitting or crouching close to the ground) · de hockend (sitting low on the heels) · nl gehurkt (sitting low on the heels) · es en cuclillas (sitting low on the heels) · es chaparrudo (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · hu tömzsi (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · pt atarracado (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · de untersetzt (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · bg клекнал (sitting low on the heels) · es regordete (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · es chaparrete (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · ru призе́мистый (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · es retaco (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · es aparrado (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · de gedrungen (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · tr bodur (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · nl ineengedoken (sitting low on the heels) · ru корена́стый (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · mr बैठे (sitting low on the heels) · cs přikrčený (sitting low on the heels) · mi tūruru (sitting or crouching close to the ground) · de kompakt (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · fi tanakka (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · ota باجاقسز (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · tr bacaksız (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · mr गिडु (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · mi noho hītengitengi (sitting low on the heels) · fi kyykyssä oleva (sitting low on the heels) · el ανακούρκουδα (sitting low on the heels) · cs podsaditý (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · sl čepenje (sitting low on the heels) · hu zömök (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · sv låg (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · kea rokotó (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · sv sitta på huk (sitting low on the heels) · mi noho tīneinei (sitting low on the heels) · es de cuclillas (sitting low on the heels) · eo malaltkreska (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · es cachigordo (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · cs zavalitý (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · hu lapos (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · de kriechend (sitting or crouching close to the ground) · de kauernd (sitting low on the heels) · es papujo (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · eo kaŭra (sitting low on the heels) · eo kaŭra (sitting or crouching close to the ground) · ar صَغِير وَثَخِين (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · gl patelo (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · mi pāpaku (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · de geduckt (sitting low on the heels) · es chaparro (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · pt chato (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · fi kyykkivä (sitting low on the heels) · fr trapu (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · bg тумбест (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · mr गिड्डा (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · nl gedrongen (relatively short or low and thick or broad) · hu guggoló (sitting low on the heels) · fr accroupi (sitting low on the heels)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Old French es-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin co-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin cōgō
Latin coāctusder.
Old French quatir
Old French esquatirder.
Middle English squatten
English squat
From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
The sense “nothing” is synchronically analyzable as a clipping of diddly-squat, although diachronically the direction of derivation is uncertain.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
Sit in a squat, with your feet a comfortable distance apart. 2006, Yael Calhoun, Matthew R. Calhoun, Create a Yoga Practice for Kids: Fun, Flexibility, and Focus, Santa Fe, N.M.: Sunstone Press, →ISBN, page 72:
(countable, uncountable) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
(countable, uncountable) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee. ▸ A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).
Before we can discuss ass-to-grass squats, or ATG squats for short, we must first establish some knowledge about squats in general. […] Now, lift the bar off the squat rack rests and step away from any part of the rack that may inhibit a full range of motion. 2021 September 9, “Should You Squat Ass-to-Grass? The Debate is Over”, in Steel Supplements:
The king of all quad exercises, and arguably the best single-weight resistance exercise, is the squat. 2001, Robert Wolff, Robert Wolff's Book of Great Workouts: Everything You Need to Know to Vary Your Routine and Keep You Motivated, Lincolnwood and Chicago, Ill.: Contemporary Books, →ISBN, pages 58–59:
(countable, uncountable) A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
"Keeping your friends warm and dry, that doesn't happen here. If you want to spend a night in a squat, it's all political to get in." Lately, as buildings have filled and become stringent about new admissions, much of the squatters' "My house is your house" rhetoric has become hollow. 1996 July 8, Chris Smith, “Live free or die”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Magazine Co., →ISSN, page 36:
Your dumb self can't appreciate the freedom in my thought / The weak sense of autonomy when I'm flipping in my squat 1996, “Born To Die”, in Squatta's Paradise, performed by Choking Victim, Whattsa Matta U Rekidz:
(countable, uncountable) A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
(countable, uncountable) A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
(Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable) Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
We didn't ask for rent, but we assumed they'd help around the house. But they don't do squat. 2003 May 6, “Dear Dotti: America's Most Outspoken Advice Columnist”, in Weekly World News, volume 24, number 34, New York, N.Y.: American Media, →ISSN, page 23:
"Joke's on you. They're used to me mostly talking about superficial stuff. Nobody's going to notice squat." 2022 October 19, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022:
(countable, uncountable) A small vein of ore.
(countable, uncountable) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
A Mineral, very ponderous, and probably holding Tin. […] 'Twas part of a Squat, at Hewas-Work; not far from Polgouth, in St. Stephen's Liberty, Cornwall. 1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “Earths and Earthy Substances”, in A Catalogue of the Additional English Native Fossils, in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D., tome II, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, page 23:
(countable, uncountable) Squat effect.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A sudden or crushing fall.
bruises, and squats, and falls, which often kill others 1652, George Herbert, “Treatise of Temperance and Sobriety”, in Herbert's Remains, Or, Sundry Pieces Of that sweet Singer of the Temple:
(countable, slang, uncountable) A dental practice set up from scratch instead of joining an existing one.
[…] needs many patients to be viable — definitely not for the first six months of a squat. Ron mentioned that many graduates ask representatives for advice regarding squats and those he has not deterred have done well […] 1988, Dental Practice, volume 26, page 30:
fi piilopaikka (hare's place of concealment) · mi hīteki (position) · de Ader (mining: small vein) · ko 스쿼트 (weightlifting exercise) · no huk (position) · de Hockklosett (toilet) · fi kyykky (calisthenics exercise) · bg клек (weightlifting exercise) · pl ubikacja kucana (toilet) · fi kyykky (weightlifting exercise) · de nischt (slang: something of no value) · ar قُرْفُصَاء (position) · pt agachamento (weightlifting exercise) · hu kis érctömzs (mining: small vein) · uk присідання (position) · ru присе́д (weightlifting exercise) · es cuclillas (position) · el κάθισμα (calisthenics exercise) · pl przykuc (position) · nn knebøyg (calisthenics exercise) · de Hock-WC (toilet) · nl hurken (position) · bg клякане (position) · it edificio occupato (building occupied without permission) · ru присе́д (position) · hu érclencse (mining: small vein) · nb knebøy (calisthenics exercise) · fi kyykkykäymälä (toilet) · fi rahtu (slang: something of no value) · ja スクワット (calisthenics exercise) · fi kyykky (position) · nl kraakpand (building occupied without permission) · fi vallattu rakennus (building occupied without permission) · it casa occupata (building occupied without permission) · pt cócoras (position) · hu foglaltház (building occupied without permission) · bg клекало (toilet) · cmn 深蹲 (weightlifting exercise) · hu térdhajlítás (calisthenics exercise) · es okupación (building occupied without permission) · az ağırlıqla oturub-durma (weightlifting exercise) · grc κάθισμα (calisthenics exercise) · cy cyrcydu (calisthenics exercise) · de Kallisthenie (calisthenics exercise) · hu foglalt ház (building occupied without permission) · de Freiübungen (calisthenics exercise) · es edificio okupado (building occupied without permission) · de Hocke (position) · et kükk (weightlifting exercise) · bcl gadat (position) · de Hockklo (toilet) · de Heben (weightlifting exercise) · bcl tukro (position) · es casa okupada (building occupied without permission) · de besetztes Haus (building occupied without permission) · pl przysiad (position) · ca esquat (calisthenics exercise) · cs dřep (position) · de Gymnastikübungen ohne Geräte (calisthenics exercise) · sh čučanj (calisthenics exercise) · es cuclilla (calisthenics exercise) · de nischt (slang: something of no value) · de türkisches Klo (toilet) · es sentadilla (weightlifting exercise) · hu guggolás (calisthenics exercise) · id jongkok (position) · id jongkok (calisthenics exercise) · pl ubikacja narciarska (toilet) · fi höykäsen pöläys (slang: something of no value) · es cuclilla (weightlifting exercise) · hu guggolás (position) · pt ocupação (building occupied without permission) · de Mulde (hare's place of concealment) · tr çömelme (weightlifting exercise) · ja 不法占拠 (building occupied without permission) · it flessione (calisthenics exercise) · fi jalkakyykky (calisthenics exercise) · de so gut wie gar nichts (slang: something of no value) · de Hocktoilette (toilet) · pl squat (building occupied without permission) · ru ничего́ (slang: something of no value) · fr squat (building occupied without permission) · bg незаконно заселване (building occupied without permission) · cy cyrcydu (weightlifting exercise) · hu kuporgás (position) · cy cwrcwd (position) · is hnébeygja (calisthenics exercise) · cmn 蹲下 (position) · tr skuat (weightlifting exercise) · sv ockuperad byggnad (building occupied without permission) · pl kucki (position) · az çöməlmə (position) · sv knäböj (calisthenics exercise) · ja スクワット (weightlifting exercise) · de Erzfall (mineral) · cs dřep (weightlifting exercise) · ko 스쿼트 (calisthenics exercise) · ar قُرْفُصَاء (calisthenics exercise) · ar قُرْفُصَاء (weightlifting exercise) · da knæbøjning (calisthenics exercise) · de Kniebeuge (calisthenics exercise) · cmn 深蹲 (calisthenics exercise) · pt okupa (building occupied without permission) · pt agachamento (position) · el κάνω κατάληψη (building occupied without permission) · fi jalkakyykky (weightlifting exercise) · de Kniebeuge (weightlifting exercise) · sv knäböj (weightlifting exercise) · mi noho hītengitengi (position) · mi noho tītengi (position) · es okupa (building occupied without permission) · sv huk (position) · pl skłot (building occupied without permission) · cs dřep (calisthenics exercise)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Old French es-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin co-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin cōgō
Latin coāctusder.
Old French quatir
Old French esquatirder.
Middle English squatten
English squat
From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
The sense “nothing” is synchronically analyzable as a clipping of diddly-squat, although diachronically the direction of derivation is uncertain.
Meanings
To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did. 1901, Miles Franklin, “An Introduction to ’Possum Gully”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 10:
To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee. ▸ To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
For those who are having, or have had, trouble squatting we suggest learning how to squat by performing the front squat […] The front squat allows you almost no alternative but to perform the exercise correctly. 1994, Kurt Brungardt, Mike Brungardt, Brett Brungardt, The Complete Book of Butt and Legs, New York, N.Y.: Villard Books, →ISBN, page 161:
(transitive) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee. ▸ To lift (a barbell) while performing a squat
I can squat 150 lbs.
To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
Huddled together in loathsome files, they squat there over night, or until an inquisitive policeman breaks up the congregation with his club, which in Mulberry Street has always free swing. 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “A Raid on the Stale-beer Dives”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 77:
To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
"But there seemed to be little satisfaction got out of this run; every moment the hare squatted, and the hounds lost the scent time after time." 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 76:
(dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
(Internet) To cybersquat.
The old homepage for L2TP, www.l2tpd.org, has been squatted by a domain squatter. A malicious person could reinstate this domain with malicious code on it. 2006, Paul Wouters, Ken Bantoft, Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks with Openswan:
(qualifier:board games, slang) To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.
I can't believe they squatted my favorite faction!
es acuclillarse (to bend at the knees) · bg клеча (to bend at the knees) · de kauern (to bend at the knees) · cs dřepět (to bend at the knees) · sl počepniti (to bend at the knees) · sl čepeti (to bend at the knees) · de Gewichtheben (n.) (weightlifting: to exercise) · ka თვითნებურად შესახლება (to occupy without permission) · ru сесть на ко́рточки (to bend at the knees) · nl kniebuigen (weightlifting: to exercise) · cmn 蹲下 (to bend at the knees) · hu guggol (weightlifting: to exercise) · fi kyyristyä (to bend at the knees) · nrf s'accroupir (to bend at the knees) · vi ngồi xổm (to bend at the knees) · it occupare abusivamente (to occupy without permission) · mi noho tīneinei (to bend at the knees) · fa چمباتمه زدن (to bend at the knees) · kea djangotô (to bend at the knees) · fr s'accroupir (to bend at the knees) · bth guru nyidangak (to bend at the knees) · mr मांडी घालून बसणे (to bend at the knees) · it accosciarsi (to bend at the knees) · cs dřepnout (to bend at the knees) · pl kucnąć (to bend at the knees) · de (Knie) beugen (to bend at the knees) · ka ჩასახლება (to occupy without permission) · it occupare (to occupy without permission) · de heben (Gewicht) (weightlifting: to exercise) · km ច្រហោង (to bend at the knees) · sv sitta på huk (to bend at the knees) · ka უკანონოდ ჩასახლება (to occupy without permission) · bcl gadat (to bend at the knees) · fr squatter (to occupy without permission) · ka ჩაბუქნა (to bend at the knees) · vi ngồi chồm hỗm (to bend at the knees) · lv tupēt (to bend at the knees) · hu kucorog (to bend at the knees) · es apucuyarse (to bend at the knees) · eo kaŭriĝi (to bend at the knees) · mi noho hītengitengi (to bend at the knees) · ru сади́ться на ко́рточки (to bend at the knees) · hu guggol (to bend at the knees) · hu kuporog (to bend at the knees) · it accovacciarsi (to bend at the knees) · cy cyrcydu (to bend at the knees) · ar جَثَمَ (to bend at the knees) · ja 不法占拠する (to occupy without permission) · pl przycupnąć (to bend at the knees) · pt agachar-se (to bend at the knees) · bg заселвам се незаконно (to occupy without permission) · ko 웅크리다 (to bend at the knees) · es añangotarse (to bend at the knees) · ka უკანონოდ შესახლება (to occupy without permission) · nl kraken (to occupy without permission) · az çömbəlmək (to bend at the knees) · cmn 蹲 (to bend at the knees) · mk клечи (to bend at the knees) · ms mencangkung (to bend at the knees) · ka უკანონოდ დაკავება (to occupy without permission) · mr पालखट मारुन बसणे (to bend at the knees) · de besetzen (to occupy without permission) · ja しゃがむ (to bend at the knees) · fi vallata (to occupy without permission) · ga suigh ar do ghogaide (to bend at the knees) · de hocken (to bend at the knees) · es okupar (to occupy without permission) · ka შესახლება (to occupy without permission) · az çöməlmək (to bend at the knees) · la conquiniscō (to bend at the knees) · ja 蹲る (to bend at the knees) · pl kucać (to bend at the knees) · ltg tupēt (to bend at the knees) · sv ockupera (to occupy without permission) · nl hurken (to bend at the knees) · th หมอบ (to bend at the knees) · es encuclillarse (to bend at the knees) · fo húka (to bend at the knees) · da besætte (to occupy without permission) · es acurrucarse (to bend at the knees) · es ñangotarse (to bend at the knees) · da sidde på hug (to bend at the knees) · id jongkok (to bend at the knees) · ca ajupir-se (to bend at the knees) · mr उकिडवे बसणे (to bend at the knees) · grc ὀκλάζω (to bend at the knees) · ru приседа́ть (to bend at the knees) · el κάθομαι σταυροπόδι (to bend at the knees) · pl przysiadać (to bend at the knees) · fa سرپا نشستن (to bend at the knees) · mi noho kōkuhu (to occupy without permission) · bcl tukro (to bend at the knees) · mk клекне (to bend at the knees) · ru присе́сть (to bend at the knees) · nb sitte på huk (to bend at the knees) · mi tūruru (to bend at the knees) · fi kyykistyä (to bend at the knees) · bg клякам (to bend at the knees)