| Front | squat |
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| Back | verb, noun, adjectiveBrE /skwɒt/NAmE /skwɑːt/ verb (-tt-)1 [intransitive] ~ (down) to sit on your heels with your knees bent up close to your bodyChildren were squatting on the floor. When we saw them we squatted down behind a wall. 2 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) to live in a building or on land which is not yours, without the owner's permissionThey ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road. noun 1 (especially BrE) a building that people are living in without permission and without paying rentto live in a squat 2 a squatting position of the body3= squat thrust adjective short and wide or fat, in a way that is not attractivea squat tower a squat muscular man with a shaven head |
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