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Noun squatting has 2 senses
- knee bend, squat, squatting - exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles
--1 is a kind of leg exercise
- squat, squatting - the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
--2 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
Verb squat has 3 senses
- squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
--1 is one way to sit, sit down
Sample sentences:
The children squat in the rocking chair
There squat some children in the rocking chair
- squat - be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- squat - occupy (a dwelling) illegally
--3 is one way to occupy, reside, lodge in
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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