squatting
skwo ting
- n exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
- n the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
- v sit on one's heels
In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting - v be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
- v occupy (a dwelling) illegally
- In the entry of the building where PTI's Hong Kong offices are located, there is a statue of a man squatting on a pedestal.
- Tolkien's baddies rarely have much in the way of personality, and Morgoth spends most of his time squatting in his dark fortress of Angband, casting a shadow over the land and .
- The two tiny figures squatting at her feet jump up, dart under the two pink strips that provide the only light in the bar, run upstairs and return breathlessly clutching gambling .