[skwɒt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs
(e.g: I squatted down in front of him)

- unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or settle on a piece of land
(e.g: eight families are squatting in the house)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘thrust down with force’): from Old French esquatir ‘flatten’, based on Latin coactus, past participle of cogere ‘compel’ (see cogent). The current sense of the adjective dates from the mid 17th century

[skwɒt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- short and thickset; disproportionately broad or wide
(e.g: he was muscular and squat)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘thrust down with force’): from Old French esquatir ‘flatten’, based on Latin coactus, past participle of cogere ‘compel’ (see cogent). The current sense of the adjective dates from the mid 17th century

[skwɒt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a squatting position

- a building occupied by people living in it without the legal right to do so
(e.g: a basement room in a North London squat)



Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘thrust down with force’): from Old French esquatir ‘flatten’, based on Latin coactus, past participle of cogere ‘compel’ (see cogent). The current sense of the adjective dates from the mid 17th century