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Found 2 items, similar to Squatter.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: squatter
squat
v 1: sit on one's heels;
“In some cultures, the women give birth
while squatting”;
“The children hunkered down to protect
themselves from the sandstorm” [syn:
crouch,
scrunch,
scrunch up,
hunker,
hunker down]
2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide;
“The
building squatted low”
3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally
[also:
squatting,
squatted,
squattest,
squatter]
squat
n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position;
strengthens the leg muscles [syn:
knee bend,
squatting]
2: a small worthless amount;
“you don't know jack” [syn:
jack,
diddly-squat,
diddlysquat,
diddly-shit,
diddlyshit,
diddly,
diddley,
shit]
3: the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
[syn:
squatting]
[also:
squatting,
squatted,
squattest,
squatter]
squatter
n 1: someone who settles lawfully on government land with the
intent to acquire title to it [syn:
homesteader,
nester]
2: someone who settles on land without right or title
squat
adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy
musculature;
“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” [syn:
chunky,
dumpy,
low-set,
squatty,
stumpy]
2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
[syn:
underslung]
[also:
squatting,
squatted,
squattest,
squatter]
squatter
See
squat
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Squatter
Squatter
\Squat"ter\ (-t[~e]r), n.
1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully
upon land without a title. In the United States and
Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person
who settles lawfully upon government land under legal
permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.
[1913 Webster]
In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were
tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) See
Squat snipe, under
Squat.
[1913 Webster]
Squatter sovereignty, the right claimed by the squatters,
or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States
to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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