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Another word for squat

squat Synonyms

squat

modif.

stocky, broad, heavy, thickset, stubby; see also fat 1, short 1.

squat Synonyms

squat

v.

stoop, hunch, cower; see bow 1, sit 1.

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Another word for squat

verb

To sit on one's heels:
hunker (down). See posture
To 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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The general was quiet as he escorted them to one of the squat buildings and inside.
The parish church, dating from 1594, is a plain structure, with a squat tower rising in two tiers from the centre of the roof.
You must hire or squat somewhere, and raise but a small crop, and eat that soon.
Taran turned on his heel, retreating into the squat building once more.
These chitinous, rod-like, rarely squat and then hook-like structures are found in the majority of the Chaetopoda, being absent only in certain Archiannelida, most leeches, and a very few Oligochaeta.

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