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US
/ˈskwɑtɪŋ/
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[ UK /skwˈɒtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /skwˈɒtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
- the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
How To Use squatting In A Sentence
- The Holy Man, with an air of supreme exhaustion and supreme ecstasy, reclad himself in his white mantle, and the faithful ones wiped their brows, and re-squatting on the ground exultantly vociferated _Allah_ about a hundred times, nodding their heads, and finally changing their cry into _Bou! Without Prejudice
- And when he knelt he found her squatting, in the far corner underneath, and in the slatted dark, saw only her eyes, wide and white. Gabbie Zombie
- Squatting down, Trent poured rum and squeezed orange juice into the cups.
- The hard labor of the farm was mostly done by them, and on the floor of the big kitchen, toward sundown, would be squatting a circle of twelve or fourteen "pickaninnies," eating their supper of pudding (Indian corn mush) and milk. November Boughs ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose
- An uneasy truce has broken out in the coffee shop cybersquatting war.
- The squatting man, suddenly irritated, sat back to look up at her. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
- Keep your abs tight, your back flat and your hips rearward - as if you're squatting - during the standing portion of the workout.
- They earn their living by squatting the land and sharecropping.
- Where possible, slum dwellers are allowed to buy the land they are "squatting" on.
- I looked out the window and saw a furry brown monkey squatting on the roof of a nearby building.
