squat
adjective/skwɒt/
/skwɑːt/
- short and wide, in a way that is not attractive
- a squat tower
- a squat muscular man with a shaven head
- The man had a broad face and a squat neck.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘thrust down with force’): from Old French esquatir ‘flatten’, based on Latin coactus, past participle of cogere ‘compel’, from co- ‘together’ + agere ‘drive’ The current sense of the adjective dates from the mid 17th cent.Want to learn more?
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