squatn.1
/skwɒt/, U.S. /skwɑt/ 1. † c. A heavy shower. Obsolete. rare.
a. A heavy fall or bump; a severe or violent jar or jolt. Now northern dialect.
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the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent
piltinga1250
racec1330
squatc1350
dasha1375
percussion?a1425
peise1490
poise1490
dashing1580
gulp1598
jolt1599
feeze1603
slam1622
arietation1625
pash1677
pulse1677
jounce1784
smash1808
smashing1821
dush1827
birr1830
dunch1831
whop1895
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > heavy fall
squatc1350
plump1596
gulch1671
sosh1687
soss1718
swaga1728
souse1774
dunt1828
swat1847
slump1850
gutser1918
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jolt
jolt1632
jot1647
jumble1674
squat1675
jounce1784
c1350 Ipomedon (Kölbing) 4352 Yche myghte se, where he laye. I trowe, here leman had a squate [rhyme that].
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vii. 108 [He] tumlyt from hys hie cart chargit quhar he sat, And on the grund reboundis wyth a squat.
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.h.iii Thone by a fal from her horse, the other by a violent thrust and squat on the buttocks vpon the hard stones.
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.h.iiv By the force of the fall and squat, the matrice vaynes brake.
a1633 G. Herbert tr. L. Cornarus Treat. Temperance 14 in L. Lessius Hygiasticon (1634) Bruises and squats, and falls, which often kill others, can bring little grief or hurt to those that are temperate.
1675 J. Smith Horol. Dialogues 24 It might be some accidental injury in the conveiance from one place to another, as sometimes happens by jogs or Squats which loosen either pins, wedges or screws.
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 46 But ambling round an ugly post, A squat poor Bobby made.
b. A bruise, contusion, or wound, esp. one caused by a fall; a dent or indentation. Now dialect.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > bruise
brusurea1375
frousshure1477
bruise1533
wan1533
battering1558
squat1578
intuse1590
battery1594
crush1601
contusiona1616
sugillation1623
mishanter1754
stone bruise1805
rainbow1810
birze1818
pound1862
strawberry1921
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 238 The same herbe..is good to be layde on with wool upon squats or bruses.
a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (Bodl. MS Aubrey 1) f. 115 In our Western Language Squat is a Bruise.
1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. i. ix. 186 His Illness first came after a Sqat upon his Hand; to which fell a Humour, and made it a Running Sore.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Squat,..a bruise, a hurt by falling; but this is a local sense.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > downpour
floodc1275
spate1513
spout1554
gourder1565
squata1640
downpouring1669
deluge1720
pash1722
plout1740
on-ding1776
pelt1785
soaker1789
pelter1791
teem1793
pour1794
oncome1808
downpour1811
plash1820
slashing1829
plungec1841
dispunging1876
steeper1878
splurge1879
soak1891
drencher1892
toad-strangler1938
a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) 121 Haldon-Hill.., whereof the borderers..had this adage: When Haldon hath a hat, Let Kentowne beware a squat.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > companies involved in specific business
misbeliefa1450
safeguarda1450
squatc1450
smearc1476
bleach1486
poulterer1534
water company1710
land-company1805
publishing house1819
railway company1824
oil company1827
bus line1843
rails1848
accountancy1860
art house1882
poulter1884
automaker1899
energy company1910
record label1926
label1930
utility1930
re-roller1931
prefabricator1933
seven sisters1962
energy firm1970
chipmaker1971
fragmentizer1972
fixit1984
infomediary1989
multi-utility1994
c1450 Porkington MS. 10 in Philol. Trans. (1909) 54 A squat of davberis.
1486 Bk. St. Albans f vj b.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [phrase]
at (the or a) squat1580
to crinkle in the hams1607
on one's hunkers1756
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 103 One runneth so fast you will neuer catch hir, the other is so at the squat, you can neuer finde hir.
1622 N. Breton Strange Newes in Wks. (1879) II. 6/1 Hunting they vse little, but to finde a Hare at squat.
1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 191 You may chance to see..on the ground a brace or two of Hares at squot.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 203 An old Grandam Ape, when, with a Grace, She sits at squat, and scrubs her Leathern Face.
4. The act of squatting, crouching, or sitting down close to the ground, spec. on the part of a hare.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [noun] > act of
squat1584
crouch1597
1584 in C. Robinson Handefull Pleasant Delights (Arb.) 29 To see..Her [i.e. the hare's] trips and skips,..With squats and flats, which hath no pere.
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 208 You are like to the hunted Hare which scuddeth hither and thether, and standeth in feare at euerie squat.
1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. i The Huntsman cunning to undoe intricate doubles, Skips, Squats and windings.
1806 R. Bloomfield Wild Flowers 43 Grace by the tumbril made a squat.
1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms (at cited word) A hare is said to Squat or go to Squat when she lies up in the chase.
1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada x. 214 I noticed one mule after another give a little squat.
a. to take squat, to seek safety by squatting or hiding. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (intransitive)]
to stand, be (abide obs.) at bayc1314
to steal awayc1369
stalla1425
starta1425
rusec1425
beatc1470
lodgec1470
trason1486
rouse1532
angle1575
bolt1575
to take squat1583
baya1657
watch1677
fall1697
tree1699
to go away1755
to sink the wind1776
to get up1787
to go to ground1797
lie1797
to stand up1891
fly1897
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > go into hiding
to take squat1583
cavea1616
hole1631
to go to earth1820
1583 R. Greene Mamillia i. f. 16v The Foxe seeing his marrow almost kilde with the dogges, is a foole, if he take not squat.
1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. D Though the Hare take squat she is not lost at the first defaulte.
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the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter
houseOE
denOE
holdc1275
lying-placea1382
coucha1398
homea1398
logis1477
starting-hole1530
cabbage1567
lodge1567
lair1575
lay1590
squat1590
hover1602
denning1622
start-holea1641
bed1694
niche1725
shed1821
lying1834
basking-hole1856
lie1869
homesite1882
holt1890
lying-ground1895
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > lair or breeding place
formc1290
maze1486
meuse1585
squat1590
muset1594
stool1607
hare-warren1647
seat1735
1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting B iv b The Huntsman should blowe a call, that all that be in the field may repayre to him, and beate for the squat of the Hare.
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 163 You are to too afraid to tarrie ouer long in a squatte: the following crie of the Hounds is so hotte in your eares.
1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xiii Their deepe-mouth'd Art..ne'r could start..That Game, from squat, they terme, Felicity.
1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 8 Thou hadst better have sat For ever on thy squatt.
6.
a. A squatting attitude or posture. spec. in Gymnastics and Weight-lifting (earlier called crouch).
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [noun] > crouching or squatting posture
honeypots1860
squat1886
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > weight-lifting > position
squat1954
lockout1962
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > actions or positions
vaulting1531
cross-step1728
still-vaulting1854
roll1858
trampolining1867
planche1878
handstand1890
rollover1891
trapezing1894
press1901
straddle1905
kip1909
upstart1909
headstand1915
round-off1917
neck-roll1920
undergrip1920
pike1928
swivel hips1943
thigh lift1949
overswing1955
shoulder stand1956
stand1956
floor exercise1957
squat1959
turnaround1959
salto1972
Tsukahara1972
1886 Bicycling News 24 Sept. 767/2 The cross-legged ‘squat’ is as natural an attitude to the sovereign as to the meanest beggar.
1954 M. Fallon Muscle Building for Beginners x. 56 Keep the head up and the back flat, and resist any temptation to lean forward, particularly at the lowest point of the squat.
1959 N. C. Loken & R. J. Willoughby Compl. Bk. Gymnastics iv. 35 Squat Head Balance. Start this stunt from a squat position with the hands on the mat and the inside of the knees resting on the elbows.
1964 G. C. Kunzle Parallel Bars ii. 42 Simple squats on one bar.
1964 G. C. Kunzle Parallel Bars ii. 44 Complete the squat off by pushing away strongly with the arms and drawing the shoulders forwards.
1977 J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running vii. 91 Some runners and coaches think weightlifting is essential to good performances. Emil Zatopek..used to do squats while holding his wife, Dana, on his shoulders.
b. hot squat: see hot squat n. at hot adj. and n.1 Compounds 3.
7. The fact of settling down in the water.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > riding the waves > fact of settling down in water
squat1905
1905 Sci. Amer. 7 Jan. 7/1 To the loaded draft there should be added about four feet for ‘squat’, when running at full speed.
8.
a. The illegal occupation of an uninhabited building (esp. by a group of homeless people organized for this purpose); the period of such an occupation.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > as squatter
squatting1832
squat1946
1946 Daily Mail 20 Sept. 2/3 The Great Squat is over... Today at 1200 hours the rearguards of Squat-Force will retire.
1963 S. Cooper in M. Sissons & P. French Age of Austerity 44 Early in September 1946 Londoners were startled by what was christened the Great Sunday Squat.
1969 Guardian 27 Sept. 9/2 The Diggers have decided not to take part in any more hippie squats.
1970 N. Saunders Alternative London xvii. 122 They then organised the squatters in East London, which has developed into the longest squat ever, lasting over ten months, in Arbour Square.
1975 Times 8 Jan. 3/6 This is the biggest squat ever, a serious attempt to house homeless people.
1981 Daily Tel. 3 Mar. 2/1 This squat cost the ratepayer £46,700—money we need not have spent had the squat not taken place.
b. A house, flat, or building occupied by squatters; a squatter's place of residence.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > houses occupied by specific types of people
grass house1557
woman-house1566
fishing-house1676
family house1727
henhouse1785
women-house1792
bachelor('s) hall1841
bachelor-apartment1857
garçonnière1927
bachelor1968
bachelorette1973
pit house1974
squat1975
1975 Guardian 26 Sept. 5/8 He's at 14 Algernon Road. It's a squat.
1977 M. Drabble Ice Age ii. 211 They'd been hosed out of their last squat.
1980 Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 17/3 A whipround among punks from a squat near the police station raised £12.50.
Draft additions 1993
squat thrust n. a physical exercise in which the legs are thrust backwards to their full extent from a squat position; also, = burpee n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > specific exercises
breathing1605
breather1802
arm swing1859
setting-up drill1862
grasshopper march1884
lunge1889
push-up1897
sit-up1900
pull-up1901
deep-breathing1904
bag-punching1927
press-up1928
setting-up exercise1935
pullover1936
bear crawl1937
burpee1939
knee-bend1941
leg raise1944
dip1945
uddiyana1949
squat thrust1950
lateral1954
pull-down1956
aquacise1968
step-up1973
abdominal crunch1981
power walking1982
crunch1983
gut-buster1983
stomach crunch1986
1950 K. F. Wells Kinesiology xxiii. 415 The squat-thrust, both with and without the dip is commonly included among conditioning exercises.
1988 Physiques Internat. Nov. 55/1 I still hold World Records in two events, the arm dips which I managed 100 reps in one minute, and the squat thrusts which still stands at 118 reps in the same time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
squatn.2
Cornwall.
(See quots.)
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > of ore
pipe1635
pipe vein1653
squat1671
body1672
moor1778
ore bed1787
1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2098 Squatts are certain distinct places in the earth, not running in veins, differing from Bonnys..in this only that Squatts are flat, Bonnys are roundish.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 81 This kind of Fissure..is wrongly called by the Tinners, a Floor or a Squat, which properly speaking is a hole or chasm impregnated with Metal, that makes no continued line of direction, or regular walls.
1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) 6 Bunch, or Squat of ore, a quantity of ore of small extent; more than a stone, and not so much as a course.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
squatn.3
U.S.
The angel-fish, Squatina angelus.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > angel-fish or monk-fish
monkfish1582
sea-monk1611
sea-devil1634
kingston1666
angelfish1668
skate1668
piper1673
mermaid fish1738
fiddle-fish1748
fiddler1750
monk1756
angel shark1776
shark-ray1836
puppy-fish1880
squat1884
sea-angel1891
1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 675.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
squatn.4
/skwɒt/, U.S. /skwɑt/ U.S. slang.
Nothing at all; (following a negative construction) anything. Originally as second element of the phrase doodly-squat [probably < U.S. slang doodle excrement] .
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial
gnatc1000
ball play?c1225
smalla1250
triflec1290
fly1297
child's gamec1380
motec1390
mitec1400
child's playc1405
trufferyc1429
toyc1450
curiosity1474
fly-winga1500
neither mass nor matins1528
boys' play1538
nugament1543
knack?1544
fable1552
nincety-fincety1566
mouse1584
molehill1590
coot1594
scoff1594
nidgery1611
pin matter1611
triviality1611
minuity1612
feathera1616
fillip1621
rattle1622
fiddlesticka1625
apex1625
rush candle1628
punctilio1631
rushlight1635
notchet1637
peppercorn1638
petty John1640
emptiness1646
fool-fangle1647
nonny-no1652
crepundian1655
fly-biting1659
pushpin1660
whinny-whanny1673
whiffle1680
straw1692
two and a plack1692
fiddle1695
trivial1715
barley-strawa1721
nothingism1742
curse1763
nihility1765
minutia1782
bee's knee1797
minutiae1797
niff-naff1808
playwork1824
floccinaucity1829
trivialism1830
chicken feed1834
nonsensical1842
meemaw1862
infinitesimality1867
pinfall1868
fidfad1875
flummadiddle1882
quantité négligeable1885
quotidian1902
pipsqueak1905
hickey1909
piddle1910
cream puff1920
squat1934
administrivia1937
chickenshit1938
cream puff1938
diddly-squat1963
non-issue1965
Tinkertoy1972
1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine xviii. 217 She ain't never had nothin'—not eben doodly-squat, and when she gits uh chance tuh git holt uh sumpin de ole buzzard is gone on uh rampage.
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 107 These cats weren't from doodlely-squat.
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 373 Doodlely-squat, nothing, no more than the product of a child who squats to do his duty.
1967 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (new ed.) Suppl. 705/2 Squat,..= zot.
1967 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (new ed.) Suppl. 712/2 Zot,.. a grade or a score of zero.
1975 G. V. Higgins City on Hill i. 18 A lot of people that didn't care squat about the war went with us on that point.
1977 Rolling Stone 30 June 82/1 Under no circumstances would I ask those..judges down in Oswego to give him back his shingle on the condition it doesn't mean doodly-squat.
1979 P. Benchley Island ii. 26 It'll be another forecast-of-Armageddon cover that won't amount to squat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
squatadj.
/skwɒt/, U.S. /skwɑt/ I. Seated in a crouching posture, and related uses.
1. In predicative use: seated in a squatting or crouching posture; sitting close to the ground.in combination.1897 A. C. Gunter Susan Turnbull ii. 18 The..Eastern potentate, who sits squat-legged indulging in his nargileh.
a. Of a hare or other animal.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > squatting or crouching
squata1425
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiv If it happe þat she be sqwate to fore hem.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiv If it happe..þat ony hunter fynde her sqwat,..he shall blowe a moot and rechate and stirt her.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Diiiv So how..the hare is squat.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxiv. 26 Neuer was there yet any larke or wat, Before hawke or dog, flatter darde or squat Then by this answere.
1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 43 The tumbler, who lies squat in the brakes till the Conie be come forth out of her burrow.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur vi. 177 A Toad, squat on a Border spies, The Gardner passing by.
1795 J. Wolcot Royal Tour in Wks. (1816) III. 49 Squat on his speckled haunches gapes the Toad, And frogs affrighted hop along the road.
1897 Christian Herald (N.Y.) 4 Aug. 592/1 Does not the panther, squat in the grass, know a calf when he sees it?
b. Of persons.In some contexts approaching to an adverbial use.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [adjective]
quatc1425
hurkling?a1513
hurkled1567
squat1582
crouchanta1593
crouching1600
couchant1693
squatted1818
squatting1871
scrooched1885
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 47 Then to vs squat grooueling in this wise the oracle aunswerd.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 800 Him there they found Squat like a Toad, close at the eare of Eve. View more context for this quotation
1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xxii. 268 Ulysses to be sure that none remain Alive, and under Seats or Tables squat, Searcht well the Hall.
1737 H. Fielding Tom Thumb (ed. 3) ii. x. 37 While the two Stools her Sitting-Part confound, Between 'em both [to] fall squat upon the Ground.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xxxix. 25 Where I found her sitting squat on her hams, on the floor.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. viii. 134 The earless trapper was sitting upon the prairie—squat on his hams.
1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. v. 168 Satan, squat at his ear in the form of a sycophant priest, had told him [etc.].
c. Of things. rare.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > [adjective]
shortc888
lowc1175
base1590
lowly1695
unlofty1729
squat1757
strunty1808
unhigh1811
dwarf1880
1757 Dr. Monsey Let. 3 Sept. in Letters of Mrs. E. Montagu (1813) IV. 160 She has made them lie squat with some ivory thimbles.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 76 The shrub lies squat to the ground.
2. dialect. Hidden from observation; quiet, still.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moving
stillc888
unmoving?a1425
quatc1425
stock-still1508
stony1642
riveting1658
sitfast1669
unstirringa1684
sedate1684
statued1744
unshifting1811
stirless1816
unwaving1818
immotioned1821
standstill1829
akinetic1841
swayless1856
flutterless1873
static1910
squat1956
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > hidden
dighela1000
dernc1000
wriena1250
privyc1300
unshewedc1386
wrapped1398
quatc1425
tectc1440
blinda1522
coucheda1522
dark1532
lurkingc1540
velated1542
hiddena1547
inclusive1554
concealed1558
secret1559
occult1567
disguised1594
occulted1598
derned1600
shrouded1600
latent1605
abstrused1608
supposed1608
unshown1614
enshielda1616
retruse1623
dissembled1631
researched1636
recondite1649
delitescent1653
larved1654
tected1657
bedilt1660
bosomed1667
inhidden1674
underground1677
abditive1727
secreted1756
unextruded1808
unprotruded1812
undisplayed1822
larvated1832
dissimulated1838
latescent1852
squat1956
1956 G. E. Evans Ask Fellows who cut Hay xxv. 228 Another feature of the dialect is the expressive vigour of many of the words and phrases:..squat (pronounced with a very broad a) hidden or quiet.
1962 M. Procter Devil in Moonlight xv. 155 We'll keep it squat and take a chance on having trouble later.
II. Short and thick-set, and related uses.† 3. Contused, crushed. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > bruised
bruiseda1400
surbateda1425
pounced?a1563
black and blue1568
squat1600
mauled1690
mourning1709
contused1761
stubbed1890
stone-bruised1909
the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > made broad and flat > by pressure
squat1600
quasheda1652
squatteda1678
squelched1837
squashed1856
squeegeed1904
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xliii. 280 This ointment..is singular good in the curing of..brused or squat nailes, wounds old and new [etc.].
4. Short and thick; disproportionately broad or wide; podgy; thick-set:
a. Of persons, animals, or their limbs, etc. squat lobster, a crab-like marine animal belonging to the family Galatheidæ.
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad
short shoulderedc1405
bunting1584
squaddy1593
chubby1611
truncheon1611
squat1630
squabbish1666
truss1674
squab1675
squad1675
stocky1676
punch1679
trunch1683
squat1688
stub1711
fodgel1724
thick-set1724
puddy1747
chunky1749
dumpy1750
squabby1754
knurly1758
clunch1776
trunchy1778
fubsy1780
punchy1780
humpty-dumpty1785
trunched1787
pudgy1788
fubby1790
runty1807
squattish1809
roly-poly1818
stumpy1822
hoddy-doddy1824
spuddya1825
hodmandod1825
stubby1831
podgy1832
fubsical1834
dumpty1847
fatling1847
stuggy1847
nuggety1856
cloddy1876
blocky1879
chumpy188.
cobby1883
squidgy1891
stockish1913
pyknic1925
humpisha1935
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of family Galatheidae
squat lobster1902
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 12 The Tartar is a stubbed squat fellow, hard bred, and such are their horses.
1678 London Gaz. No. 1308/4 A broad squot white beagle Bitch.
1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 320 The Mind,..Throughout the Body squat or tall Is, bonâ fide, All in All.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 146 She is a broad, squat, pursy, fat Thing, quite ugly.
1779 Mirror No. 2 A short squat man, with a carbuncled face.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 23 A squat broad Little-John sort of figure.
1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 37 Squat, robust, strongly-built fishes.
1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia v. 86 The nose..becomes broader and somewhat squat further down.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 111/1 Amongst other crustacea, the squat lobster (Themis orientalis) is..obtained by trawling in the southern waters.
1928 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas iii. 67 There are also squat-lobsters, which have long claws and broad, flattened bodies.
1978 Sci. Amer. Dec. 99/2 The galatheids (the squat-lobsters, a group intermediate between the macrurans and the true crabs) have reflecting superposition eyes with square facets.
b. In general use.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective]
stoba1500
stubbeda1529
stubbleda1529
strunt1577
stumpy1600
chubby1611
stumpish1618
chubbed1674
squat1684
chubbish1685
chub1688
squabbed1694
cloddy1712
clavellated1713
pluggy1720
squab1723
puddy1747
tubbish1786
stunt1788
bunting1808–25
dumpy1808
clumpy1820
dubby1825
stubby1831
chunky1833
snubbed1835
tubby1835
pudgy1862
squatty1881
squidgy1891
1684 London Gaz. No. 1933/4 She is square before, with a square squat Stem.
1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 333 Little squat Bibles clasp'd in Brass.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. Explan. Terms 389 Sessiles, squat, having no Foot~stalk.
1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Sept. 305 The [printing] type..is somewhat squat and angular.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vi. 54 One of those squat, high-shouldered, short-necked glass bottles.
1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 103 Wilfrid joined a squat brig that crossed the Bay.
1891 E. Gosse Gossip in Library i. 10 A squat volume published two centuries ago.
c. Of buildings or parts of these.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad
short shoulderedc1405
bunting1584
squaddy1593
chubby1611
truncheon1611
squat1630
squabbish1666
truss1674
squab1675
squad1675
stocky1676
punch1679
trunch1683
squat1688
stub1711
fodgel1724
thick-set1724
puddy1747
chunky1749
dumpy1750
squabby1754
knurly1758
clunch1776
trunchy1778
fubsy1780
punchy1780
humpty-dumpty1785
trunched1787
pudgy1788
fubby1790
runty1807
squattish1809
roly-poly1818
stumpy1822
hoddy-doddy1824
spuddya1825
hodmandod1825
stubby1831
podgy1832
fubsical1834
dumpty1847
fatling1847
stuggy1847
nuggety1856
cloddy1876
blocky1879
chumpy188.
cobby1883
squidgy1891
stockish1913
pyknic1925
humpisha1935
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Sss2/1 A squat (or well compacted) House.
a1771 T. Gray Archit. Gothica in Wks. (1814) II. 101 The capitals..are all in general too squat and too gross for the pillars which they are meant to adorn.
1828 R. Duppa Trav. Italy 122 The arches are circular, and the columns squat.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. vi. 224 The nave..looks absolutely squat, owing to the lowness of the arcade.
1889 John Bull 2 Mar. 147/2 It must either be very low and squat in proportion, or it must be of such a scale in elevation as to rival the Abbey.
5. Characterized by squatness of form or structure.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective] > characterized by squatness of form
squat1774
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 39 From its [sc. the marmot's] squat muscular make, it has great strength joined to great agility.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 82 [The palace] presents ideas rather of squat solidity, than of princely magnificence.
1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 18 Mar. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) iii. 134 This roof..gives a very squat aspect to the temple.
1879 J. R. Green Readings Eng. Hist. xxi. 108 Their buildings..retained their primitive squat, low and meagre proportions.
Compounds
squat-bodied adj.
ΚΠ
1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. v. 113 Thy breeding no better than that the Boars of Belgia afford their swat-bodied Bantlings.
1705 London Gaz. No. 4137/4 A dapple brown bay squat Bodied Mare.
squat-built adj.
ΚΠ
1873 J. Greenwood In Strange Company 202 A sinister-looking, squat-built old gentleman.
squat-hatted adj.
ΚΠ
1902 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness 220 A string of cattle..driven by dark, squat-hatted figures on horseback.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
squatv.
/skwɒt/, U.S. /skwɑt/ I. To crush or dash, and related uses.† 2. figurative. To suppress; to repress. Obsolete. rare.† 3. intransitive. To fall or dash with some force or violence. Obsolete. rare.
1. † c. To knock out by smashing. Obsolete. rare.† d. To drive, force, or thrust violently or abruptly. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To crush, flatten, or beat out of shape; to smash or squash; to bruise severely. Now dialect.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > make broad in relation to thickness [verb (transitive)] > make thin and flat by pressure
squata1300
to-squatc1325
quasha1387
squash1565
squeeze1601
squelch1625
squeegee1885
a1300 E.E. Psalter cix. 6 Sqwat sal he heuedes, blode and bane, In þe land of mani-ane.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 68 Þis stoon shal falle on siche men, and squatte hem al to poudir.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xxii. 8 The foundementis of hillis ben togidir smyten and squat.
a1547 J. Redford Wit & Sci. (1951) 9 In twenty gobbetes, I showld have squatted them.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 86 The same..is good for such as are squatte and brused with falling from above.
1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 77 To Squat, to bruise or make flat by letting fall... Suss.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 189 Iron-clayted shoes do not well to thresh wheat in, especially if it be new corn; for such shoes squat and bruise it much.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 282 It often happens, that such a cow's knees fall against the side or flank of the cow with calf, and so squat the calf.
1825– in many dial. glossaries and texts.
b. To dash down heavily or with some force; also, †to knock (gently). Now dialect.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > throw down > heavily or forcibly
dumpa1300
to slay up or downa1400
squata1400
flash1548
the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > cause to impinge > gently or lightly
tapa1500
dab1592
squat1609
a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 142 But whon þe Roode ros and doun was squat, Þe nayles renten him hondes and feete.
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxi. f. 178v If it be gluishe.., and squatted on the grounde scatereth nat: it is a token of a fatte grounde.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Allido, to squatte or throw any thing agaynst the grounde or walles.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 59 Now squatting them vppon the floore or ground, Now squashing out their bellies soft and round.
1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie x. sig. K6 The Bees being dead, squat the hiue softly against the ground.
1828– in Yks. glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike out with a blow
latcha1225
slentc1380
to hit out1393
squat?1553
slat1577
to knock outa1616
king1916
?1553 Respublica (1952) v. vii. 55 Woulde ye have om sqwatte owt ons braine?
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > violently
shoveOE
swengea1225
slata1250
sleata1250
dashc1290
thringa1300
hurlc1305
lashc1330
to ding downc1380
rampenc1390
dinga1400
reelc1400
rash1485
flounce1582
squat1658
ram1718
whang1820
slug1862
slam1870
1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 554 He saw the King like to recover, and he squatted his disease..to his heart by the wet cloth.
1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 110 The Cardinal-Nephew's continual Riots had squatted him in his Coffin at twenty-eight years old.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > suppress emotions
forbearOE
refrainc1384
repressa1393
subdue1483
suppressa1500
squat1577
to bite in1608
contain?1611
to keep ina1616
swallowa1643
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)]
heeleOE
dernc893
mitheeOE
wryOE
buryc1175
hidec1200
dilla1300
laina1375
keepa1382
wrapa1382
cover1382
conceala1393
curea1400
shroud1412
veilc1460
smorec1480
cele1484
suppress1533
wrap1560
smoulder1571
squat1577
muffle1582
estrange1611
screen1621
lock1646
umbrage1675
reserve1719
restrict1802
hugger-mugger1803
mask1841
ward1881
thimblerig1899
marzipan1974
society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity
abatea1325
squatcha1325
voida1325
allayc1325
annul1395
reverse1395
revokec1400
rupt?a1425
repealc1425
abroge1427
defeat1429
purloin1461
cassa1464
toll1467
resume1472
reprove1479
suspend1488
discharge1495
reduce1498
cassate1512
defease1512
denulla1513
disannula1513
fordoa1513
avoid1514–5
abrogate?1520
frustrate1528
revert1528
disaffirm?1530
extinct1530
resolve1537
null1538
nihilate1545
extinguish1548
elidec1554
revocate1564
annullate1570
squat1577
skaila1583
irritate1605
retex1606
nullify1607
unable1611
refix1621
vitiate1627
invalid1643
vacate1643
unlaw1644
outlaw1647
invalidate1649
disenact1651
vacuate1654
supersedec1674
destroy1805
break1891
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 11 v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Saying that although lawes were squatted in warre, yet notwithstanding they ought to be reuiued in peace.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 7 His grief deepe squatting hoap he yeelds with phisnomye cheereful.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently
beatc885
pilta1200
smitec1300
dashc1305
pitchc1325
dushc1400
hitc1400
jouncec1440
hurl1470
swack1488
knock1530
jut1548
squat1587
bump1699
jowl1770
smash1835
lasha1851
ding1874
biff1904
wham1948
slam1973
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > with force or violence
dump1333
swapc1386
to shove downc1400
squat1587
to go down1697
spank1800
thwacka1851
to beat down1860
1587 A. Day Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. N4v The yoong youth..shooke the raskall off, and that so rudelie, as his pampered drunken carcas squatted against the ground.
c1590 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 218 Thou shalte be handled for the nonce, That all thy braynes on the ground shall squat.
II. To sit in a crouching posture, and related uses.
4. figurative.1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxiii. 59 And seeking to squat himselfe [Fr. se desrober], hee the more enflamed, and called them vpon him.
a. reflexive. To seat (oneself) upon the hams or haunches; to take one's seat in a crouching attitude or posture.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (reflexive)]
squata1425
squata1535
ruck1595
squab1680
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (reflexive)] > specific part of body
squata1425
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiv And if it happe..þat she sqwat not her a forne þe houndes.
1737 T. Gray Let. in Corr. (1971) I. 48 At the foot of one of these squats me I.
1775 F. Burney Let. 21 Nov. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 182 The Prince at last squatted himself on the corner of a Form.
1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 29 An old man..squatted himself near the door.
1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxiii He followed the cat, and off she went and squatted herself under the hedge.
b. Similarly with down. (Cf. sense 6b.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (reflexive)]
squata1425
squata1535
ruck1595
squab1680
a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 1359/2 When thou hadest ietted thy fil, squat the down fair & wel in a chaire.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie 1050 Yet will they squatte them downe in their filthinesse.
1641 S. Marshall et al. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. (1653) Post. 88 The Archbishop of York, striving to sit above Canterbury, squatts him down on his lap.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 59 Curtsying so low, that I thought she intended to squat herself down on the floor.
1777 J. Cook Jrnl. 18 May (1967) III. i. 107 When the contest was over, the Victor squated himself down facing the cheif.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 72 Two friends, perfect strangers to you, squatting themselves down at your right and left hand.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xviii. 306 She set down her basket, [and] squatted herself down.
c. With quasi-reflexive object. Also, to let (the tail) droop or fall.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > let tail droop
squat1825
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxii. 262 As soon as he saw me, he squatted his Belly to the Ground,..and crawled slowly towards me.
1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 102 When Eloquence your Wrath has overcome, Then offer in a Chair to squat your Bum.
1801 T. S. Surr Splendid Misery I. 172 Foul imps of ignominy will squat their loathsome forms on my unbruised bones.
1825 Mirror 5 30/1 A mad dog..generally goes..in a straight line..and never squats his tail.
5. figurative.a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 248 Two great Favourites though of different Kingdoms, could not well squat in one form.1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads 333 So coursed Hector was, Nor suffer'd was to double or to squat.
a. intransitive. Of hares: to sit close to the ground in a crouching attitude; to crouch or cower down, esp. in order to avoid observation or capture.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > crouch
squata1425
stoop1590
clucka1640
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > be or hide in secret place [verb (intransitive)]
squata1425
den1610
hole1828
to hole up1890
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [verb (intransitive)] > crouch down
squata1425
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of animals
squata1425
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) i And somtyme [the hare runs] a litell while and thenn abydith and squattith, and that done they ofte.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lix. 163 If she come to the side of any yong spring or groue, she will..squat vnder the side thereof.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxi. 172 Yet they will squatte vpon the outsides of the wayes or very neare to them.
1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. E2 If they were hares, as they are men, I should think them squatted.
1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 56 The fearful Hare squats at every noyse.
1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 116. ⁋7 The Hare now, after having squatted two or three Times, and been put up again as often [etc.].
1731 H. Fielding Welsh Opera i. iv. 8 Poor Puss's cunning, and shifting and shunning... First this Way, then that, First a stretch, and then a Squat.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 196 The coy hare squats nestling in the corn.
1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms (at cited word) A hare is said to Squat or go to Squat when she lies up in the chase.
b. Of other animals, birds, etc.
ΚΠ
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) ii Þen he [the hart] maketh a ruse..and þere he stalleth or squatteth.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 36 Did euer thing do Cupid so much ill As once a Bee which on his hand did squat?
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 262 He [sc. the ram-fish] squatteth close under the shade of bigge ships.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Blotir, to squat, skowke, or ly close to the ground, like a daring Larke.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 184 It [sc. a fly] presently squats down, as it were, that it may be the more ready for its rise.
1826 T. Hood Irish Schoolmaster vi, in Whims & Oddities 123 Alsoe, he schools some tame familiar fowls, Whereof, above his head, some two or three Sit darkly squatting.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xv. 306 Then the Crocodiles squat on them till they are drowned.
1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt iv. 64 If then suddenly approached with a pointer they become confused and squat well.
6. in extended use.1895 I. Zangwill Master i. viii. 93 The rock that squatted on guard at the mouth of the harbour.1906 F. Treves Highways & Byways Dorset viii. 115 A commonplace town squatting soberly in the meadows.figurative.1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 58 Your gettings should be added to his estate, and my cousin Margery and I squat down together in the comfortable state of matrimony.† d. To crouch or lie down (upon the belly).
a. Of persons: to sit down with the legs closely drawn up beneath the hams or in front of the body; esp. to sit on the ground in this way or in a crouching attitude. Also jocularly, to sit (down).Frequently const. with prepositions, esp. on or upon (the ground, hams, etc.).
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (intransitive)]
ruck?c1225
cowerc1300
crouchc1394
couch?a1400
hurklea1400
quatc1425
squat1573
squat1609
thigh1611
swat1615
hunker1720
lower1720
squattle1786
croodle1788
scrooch1844
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 19v Then skwattith [1577 skwatteth; 1580 squatteth] the master, or trudgeth away: and after dog runneth, as fast as he may.
1784 W. Russell Hist. Mod. Europe (1818) V. 186 Canadians and Indians..squatted below bushes, or skulked behind trees.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 37 Men and women squat round this mat, which is covered with dishes.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. x. 230 Squatting plump on a cat—which you had not seen in your chair.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi viii. 174 The operator squatting, places his great toes on each end to keep all steady.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 437 With groups of camels..tended all night long by some swarthy Arab squatting on his haunches.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiv. 111 I crawled under cover of the nearest live-oak, and squatted there.
b. With down. (Cf. 4b.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (intransitive)]
ruck?c1225
cowerc1300
crouchc1394
couch?a1400
hurklea1400
quatc1425
squat1573
squat1609
thigh1611
swat1615
hunker1720
lower1720
squattle1786
croodle1788
scrooch1844
1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B2v Teach them both how to squat downe to their meat, and how to munch..like Loobies.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 33 They squat down upon their heels, like Taylors, about the Soffta.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 341 She squats down upon a chair.
1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. July 116 Down on the grass the Doctor squatted.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 121 The lazy Indians..squatting down on their hams.
1901 D. B. Hall & A. Osborne Sunshine & Surf vi. 60 We would all squat down cross-legged, which is the correct way to sit at a native meal.
c. In past participle used predicatively.
ΚΠ
1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Liijv Thus squatted vpon this pleasaunt mount from mornyng to euenyng they spende their tyme.
1791 J. O'Keeffe Wild Oats v. iv. 74 Leaving me a chubby little fellow, squatted on a carpet.
1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iv. 137 The assembly was composed of about fifty persons squatted in the sand.
1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands i. 15 The guests being seated, or rather squatted, on the divan.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 82 Catch the ewe gently with the crook; lay her on her left side, yourself being squatted at her back.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)] > lie down or assume reclining position > on the belly
squat1650
1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 88 As soon as ever he came in sight of the enemy, he squatted upon his belly.
7. transitive. To cause to squat; to put into, place in, a squatting attitude or posture. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > crouch or squat [verb (transitive)] > cause to
couch1594
squat1600
1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. D2v Hee that squats a Hare within a furrowe, And sees how shee within her Muce doth Nuzzle.
1745 T. Gray Let. 14 Nov. in Corr. (1971) I. 226 He came to meet me.., [and] squatted me into a fauteuil.
1850 Bentley's Misc. Nov. 507 They next squatted Sam upon the ground, and began to divest him of the hair of his head.
8. intransitive.† a. figurative. To sink into (something lower or less important). Obsolete. rare.† b. With in: To remain hid; to retire from view. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > fall into (some adverse condition)
under-fall1614
squat1641
elapse1742
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 26 The lofty minds..thought it a poore indignity, that the high rear'd government of the Church should so on a sudden..squat into a Presbytery.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > remain in hiding
lurkc1300
to hide one's headc1475
mitch1558
nestle1567
to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578
to lay low1600
skulk1626
squat1658
to lie by1709
hide1872
to hole up1875
to lie low1880
to lie (also play) doggo1882
to hide out1884
to put the lid on1966
1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 453 It makes all the joy, which flusht out before, squat in on a sudden.
1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 119 Peter, whose grace that squatted in for a while, came forth with such a force [etc.].
c. To sink in or down, in various uses.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink
syec888
besinkc893
asye1024
asinkc1275
sink?a1300
settlec1315
silea1400
droopc1540
recide1628
subsidate1653
squat1687
pitch1751
gravitate1823
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 54 These Borrachios must be wet every half quarter of an hour, for fear they should squat for want of Wine.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 80 The inner parts of these lands bind and squat together below the harrow tinings.
1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 591 The peas soon shake hands across the furrow, and to attempt to hoe after they have done so, or have squatted, will [etc.].
9.
a. To settle upon new, uncultivated, or unoccupied land without any legal title and without the payment of rent. Originally U.S.Frequently const. on or upon (land).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > colonizing > colonize [verb (intransitive)] > illegally
squat1800
1800 Mississippi Territorial Archives (1906) 212 I wish also to be instructed for my Conduct towards those people Squatting or establishing themselves upon the Public Lands.
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. ii. 44 He was a Kentucky man, of the Ohio, where he had ‘squatted’, as we say.
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 70 As for a habitat, if I were not permitted still to squat, I might purchase one acre.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 20 June 6/1 The ancestors of many of the present freeholders began to squat upon the uncultivated slopes of the hills.
b. Australian. To rent or take up government or crown land for pasturage as a squatter.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (intransitive)] > rent land for pasture
squat1827
1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxvi. 162 They have therefore..much to gain by new settlers ‘squatting’ near their locations.
1852 G. B. Earp Gold Colonies Austral. 98 The remaining mode of occupying land in New South Wales is to ‘squat’, i.e. to lease a large tract from the Government for purposes purely pastoral.
1870 Daily News 15 Feb. A tract of 160 acres of Government land, on which he ‘squatted’, with the right to buy it at five English shillings an acre.
c. To occupy an uninhabited building illegally (esp. said of a group of homeless people organized for this purpose); to live as a squatter (squatter n.1 1d).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > as squatter
squat1880
1880 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor (ed. 3) IV. xxix. 269 Paupers had squatted in many of the towers.
1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier v. 81 In one town I remember a whole colony of them who were squatting, more or less illicitly, in a derelict house which was practically falling down.
1946 Daily Worker 9 Sept. 4/3 We..decided to assist homeless people to squat in certain of these buildings.
1969 Listener 15 May 665/1 No one expects to see 40,000 people squatting this year as there were 23 years ago.
1969 Peace News 13 June 5/1 One startling realisation..is how few is the number of families that have had the courage to squat.
1980 Oxf. Compan. Law 1171/2 Persons may squat in buildings by reason of inability to find other accommodation and may do so deliberately as a protest against shortage of housing in the area.
d. transitive (a) To install (someone) as a squatter. (b) To occupy (a building) as a squatter.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > as squatter
squat1973
society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > as squatter
squat1973
1973 Guardian 23 Mar. 9/5 Shelter, the campaign for the homeless, has squatted a homeless family of six people in an Ealing council house..reserved by the council for a homeless widow with four children.
1975 Daily Tel. 22 July 12 Much has been made of cases in which occupied privately-owned property has been squatted in the temporary absence of the owner.
1976 Milton Keynes Express 28 May 11/7 He added that he squats dozens of homeless people in corporations or council houses.
1977 It June 5/1 By January '76 the place was squatted by Enrique Ahriman, self-styled Demon of Confusion.
Draft additions 1993
e. In Weight-lifting, to perform a squatting exercise while holding a specified weight. Usually const. with (the weight) or with adverb accusative indicating the weight or the number of times the exercise is repeated.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > contend in athletics [verb (intransitive)] > lift weight
press1906
squat1956
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > contend in athletics [verb (transitive)] > lift > specific exercise
squat1956
1956 Muscle Power Mar. 21 Anyone who..squats 10 reps with 770 lbs..is liable to accomplish the incredible.
1958 Muscle Power Feb. 7/2 We also thought..that he could not possibly do much more when he was squatting with a mere (to himself) 800 lbs.
1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 2 Feb. 48/1 Wighton..can squat more than 400 pounds after working out much of the summer in a universal gym.
1985 Bodypower Oct. 26/2 The new professional sensation Rich Gaspari squats with 700 lbs for reps!
1986 Flex Feb. 83/2 Tina Woodley..squatted 325 pounds for 6 reps the day after her show!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
squatadv.
/skwɒt/, U.S. /skwɑt/ rare.
In a direct and straightforward manner, ‘flat’.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] > frankly
freelyeOE
unreservedly1708
candidly1762
outspokenly1855
straight1874
man to man1902
(straight) from the shoulder1904
squat1909
1909 R. Kipling Songs from Bks. (1913) 24 Tell old Winter, if he doubt, Tell him squat and square-a!
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