See squat in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To sit on one's heels:
hunker (down). See postureTo stoop low with the limbs pulled in close to the body:
crouch, huddle, hunch, hunker (down). See high
adjective
Short, heavy, and solidly built:
blocky, chunky, compact1, dumpy, heavyset, stocky, stodgy, stubby, stumpy, thick, thickset. See fat
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