squat

(noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles. Synonyms: knee bend, squatting.

(noun) a small worthless amount. Synonyms: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, shit. Example: "You don't know jack."

(noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels. Synonyms: squatting.

(verb) sit on one's heels. Synonyms: crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down. Examples: "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting." "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm."

(verb) be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide. Example: "The building squatted low."

(verb) occupy (a dwelling) illegally.

(adj) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature. Synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy. Examples: "Some people seem born to be square and chunky." "A dumpy little dumpling of a woman." "Dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears." "A little church with a squat tower." "A squatty red smokestack." "A stumpy ungainly figure."

(adj) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground. Synonyms: underslung.