"squats" in the noun sense
1. knee bend, squat, squatting
exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent strengthens the leg muscles
2. jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit
a small worthless amount
"you don't know jack"
3. squat, squatting
the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
"squats" in the verb sense
1. 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"
2. squat
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
"The building squatted low"
3. squat
occupy (a dwelling) illegally
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