squatting

Meanings

Noun

• exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
• the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

Verb

• sit on one's heels
  • "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
• be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
• occupy (a dwelling) illegally

Synonyms

crouch, hunker, hunker down, knee bend, scrunch, scrunch up, squat