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
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squat
English → English (gcide)
Definition: squatter
Squat
\Squat\, n.
1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or
close to the ground.
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2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --Herbert.
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3. (Mining)
(a) A small vein of ore.
(b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell.
--Woodward.
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Squat snipe (Zo["o]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also
squatter. [Local, U.S.]
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