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Definition of squat verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    squat

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//skwɑt//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they squat
     
    he / she / it squats
     
    past simple squatted
     
    -ing form squatting
     
     
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  1. 1[intransitive] squat (down) to sit on your heels with your knees bent up close to your body Children were squatting on the floor. When we saw them we squatted down behind a wall.
  2. 2[intransitive, transitive] squat (something) to live in a building or on land that is not yours, without the owner's permission They ended up squatting in the empty houses on the street.
See squat in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary