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What does squat mean?

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Adjective
  1. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
  2. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Noun
  1. A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  2. (weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders.
  3. A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
  4. A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
  5. (slang) Something of no value; nothing.
  6. (obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall.
  7. (mining) A small vein of ore.
  8. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
Verb
  1. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  2. (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
  3. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
  4. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
  5. (dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
Noun
  1. The angel shark (genus Squatina).
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