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1 squat
∎ we ate squatting (down) on our haunches nous avons mangé accroupis(b) (occupy building) vivre dans un squat;∎ they're allowed to squat in abandoned buildings on leur permet de squatter dans des immeubles abandonnés(building) squatter, squattériser3 noun∎ the squat held out for two years le squat a duré deux ans(person, figure) trapu; (building) trapu, massif;∎ he had short, squat legs il avait des petites jambes trapues►► Zoology squat lobster galathée f;squat thrust = exercice de musculation des jambes effectué accroupi -
2 squat
squat [skwɒt]1. adjectivea. [person] s'accroupir ; [animal] se tapirb. ( = occupy home) squatter3. noun( = home) squat m* * *[skwɒt] 1.1) ( position) position f accroupie2) (colloq) ( home) squat (colloq) m2.adjective [person, structure, object] trapu3.intransitive verb (p prés etc - tt-)1) ( crouch) être accroupi2) (also squat down) s'accroupir3) ( inhabit)to squat in — squattériser (colloq), squatter (colloq) [building]
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3 squat
[skwot] 1. past tense, past participle - squatted; verb(to sit down on the heels or in a crouching position: The beggar squatted all day in the market place.) s'accroupir2. adjective(short and fat; dumpy: a squat little man; an ugly, squat building.) courtaud, trapu -
4 crouch
1) (to stand with the knees well bent; to squat: He crouched behind the bush.) s'accroupir2) ((of animals) to lie close to the ground, in fear, readiness for action etc: The tiger was crouching ready to spring on its prey.) se tapir -
5 hunker
hunker ['hʌŋkə(r)]∎ to hunker (down) (crouch) s'accroupir; (squat) s'asseoir sur ses talons, s'accroupir; (animal) se tapir;∎ figurative I have to hunker down and work this term je dois donner un bon coup de collier ce trimestre
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squat — ► VERB (squatted, squatting) 1) crouch or sit with the knees bent and the heels close to the bottom or thighs. 2) unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or area of land. ► ADJECTIVE (squatter, squattest) ▪ short or low, and disproportionately… … English terms dictionary
squat´ness — squat «skwot», verb, squat|ted or squat, squat|ting, adjective, noun. –v.i. 1. to sit on the heels; crouch: »He found it difficult to squat on his heels for more than a few minutes … Useful english dictionary
squat´ly — squat «skwot», verb, squat|ted or squat, squat|ting, adjective, noun. –v.i. 1. to sit on the heels; crouch: »He found it difficult to squat on his heels for more than a few minutes … Useful english dictionary
squat|ter — squat|ter1 «SKWOT uhr», noun. 1. a) a person who temporarily occupies or settles on land without title or right: »Judging from the treatment of squatters on similar lands in Manitoba, there need be no fear of settling on lands within the reserves … Useful english dictionary
squat — verb (squats, squatting, squatted) 1》 crouch or sit with the knees bent and the heels close to or touching the buttocks or thighs. 2》 unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or area of land. adjective (squatter, squattest) short or low, and… … English new terms dictionary
squat — Verb. 1. To defecate. 2. To urinate. Female expression. Noun. 1. The act of defecation. Also, of females, urination. 2. Nothing, naught. E.g. He knew squat about football and shouldn t have been refereeing the match. Orig. U.S … English slang and colloquialisms
squat — [[t]skwɒ̱t[/t]] squats, squatting, squatted 1) VERB If you squat, you lower yourself towards the ground, balancing on your feet with your legs bent. He squatted, grunting at the pain in his knees... We squatted beside the pool and watched the… … English dictionary
squat — [c]/skwɒt / (say skwot) verb (squatted or squat, squatting) –verb (i) 1. to assume a posture close to the ground with the knees bent and the back more or less straight resting either on the balls of the feet, or with feet flat. 2. to crouch or… …
squat — I. verb (squatted; squatting) Etymology: Middle English squatten to crush, crouch in hiding, from Middle French (Picard dialect) esquatir, escuater, from Old French es ex + quatir to hide, from Vulgar Latin *coactire to squeeze, alteration of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
squat — [13] Someone who squats is etymologically ‘forced together’ – and indeed the verb originally meant ‘squash, flatten’ in English (‘This stone shall fall on such men, and squat them all to powder’, John Wyclif, Sermons 1380). Not until the early… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
squat — [13] Someone who squats is etymologically ‘forced together’ – and indeed the verb originally meant ‘squash, flatten’ in English (‘This stone shall fall on such men, and squat them all to powder’, John Wyclif, Sermons 1380). Not until the early… … Word origins