to squat on one's haunches

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• sit on one's haunches — squat with the haunches resting on the backs of the heels …   Useful english dictionary

• squat — 1. verb 1) I was squatting on the floor Syn: crouch (down), hunker (down), sit on one s haunches, sit on one s heels 2) they are squatting on private land Syn: occupy illegally, set up residence, dwell, settle, live 2. adjective …   Thesaurus of popular words

• squat — squatly, adv. squatness, n. /skwot/, v., squatted or squat, squatting, adj., squatter, squattest, n. v.i. 1. to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one s haunches or heels. 2.… …   Universalium

• squat — skwÉ‘t /skwÉ’t n. low crouching position; act of squatting; (Sports) weight lifting exercise wherein the lifter lifts a barbell while rising from a crouching position ; (Zoology) animal s den (such as a hare etc.); place inhabited by squatters… …   English contemporary dictionary

• squat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dumpy, stocky, pudgy. See shortness, lowness. Ant., tall, lanky. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stocky, broad, heavy, thickset, stubby; see also fat 1 , short 1 . v. Syn. stoop, hunch, cower; see bow 1 …   English dictionary for students

• squat — v 1. crouch, sit on one s haunches or heels, hunker, hunker down, bend, bend down, stoop, hunch, hunch over. 2. cringe, cower, shrink, lie low, crawl, creep. 3. settle, take up residence, set up housekeeping, establish oneself, put down roots;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• 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

• hunker — [huŋ′kər] vi. [orig. dial., prob. < or akin to Faroese hokna, to crouch < ON hokra, to creep < IE * keuk (< base * keu , to bend) > Sans čúčīm, to cower] to settle down on one s haunches; squat or crouch: often with down n. [pl.] 1 …   English World dictionary

• hunker — /hung keuhr/, v.i. 1. to squat on one s heels (often fol. by down). 2. Informal. a. to hunch: The driver hunkered over the steering wheel. b. to hide, hide out, or take shelter (usually fol. by down): The escaped convicts hunkered down in a cave… …   Universalium

• hunker — hun•ker [[t]ˈhʌŋ kər[/t]] v. kered, ker•ing, n. v.i. 1) to squat on one s heels (often fol. by down) 2) cvb inf to hunch: students hunkering over their books 3) to hide, hide out, or take shelter (usu. fol. by down) 4) to hold firmly or… …   From formal English to slang

• Hunker down — Hun ker down, v. 1. to crouch or squat; to sit on one s haunches. [PJC] 2. to settle in at a location for an extended period; also (figuratively) to maintain a position and resist yielding to some pressure, as of public opinion. [PJC] 3. to take… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English