squat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwɒt/
ipa: /skwɑt/
ipa: /skwɔt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: squats
Etymology: From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
The sense “nothing” may be the source or a derivation of diddly-squat.
Senses: examples: text: Sit in a squat, with your feet a comfortable distance apart.
ref: 2006, Yael Calhoun, Matthew R. Calhoun, Create a Yoga Practice for Kids: Fun, Flexibility, and Focus, Santa Fe, N.M.: Sunstone Press, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
topics: exercise
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
examples: text: The king of all quad exercises, and arguably the best single-weight resistance exercise, is the squat.
ref: 2001, Robert Wolff, Robert Wolff's Book of Great Workouts: Everything You Need to Know to Vary Your Routine and Keep You Motivated, Lincolnwood and Chicago, Ill.: Contemporary Books, →ISBN, pages 58–59:
text: Before we can discuss ass-to-grass squats, or ATG squats for short, we must first establish some knowledge about squats in general. […] Now, lift the bar off the squat rack rests and step away from any part of the rack that may inhibit a full range of motion.
ref: 2021 September 9, “Should You Squat Ass-to-Grass? The Debate is Over”, in Steel Supplements:
topics: exercise
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
glosses: Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).
examples: text: Your dumb self can't appreciate the freedom in my thought / The weak sense of autonomy when I'm flipping in my squat
ref: 1996, “Born To Die”, in Squatta's Paradise, performed by Choking Victim, Whattsa Matta U Rekidz:
text: "Keeping your friends warm and dry, that doesn't happen here. If you want to spend a night in a squat, it's all political to get in." Lately, as buildings have filled and become stringent about new admissions, much of the squatters' "My house is your house" rhetoric has become hollow.
ref: 1996 July 8, Chris Smith, “Live free or die”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Magazine Co., →ISSN, page 36:
glosses: A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
glosses: A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.
glosses: A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
examples: text: I know squat about nuclear physics.
text: We didn't ask for rent, but we assumed they'd help around the house. But they don't do squat.
ref: 2003 May 6, “Dear Dotti: America's Most Outspoken Advice Columnist”, in Weekly World News, volume 24, number 34, New York, N.Y.: American Media, →ISSN, page 23:
text: "Joke's on you. They're used to me mostly talking about superficial stuff. Nobody's going to notice squat."
ref: 2022 October 19, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022:
synonyms: nothing
glosses: Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A small vein of ore.
examples: text: A Mineral, very ponderous, and probably holding Tin. […] 'Twas part of a Squat, at Hewas-Work; not far from Polgouth, in St. Stephen's Liberty, Cornwall.
ref: 1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “Earths and Earthy Substances”, in A Catalogue of the Additional English Native Fossils, in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D., tome II, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, page 23:
glosses: A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Squat effect.
examples: text: bruises, and squats, and falls, which often kill others
ref: 1652, George Herbert, “Treatise of Temperance and Sobriety”, in Herbert's Remains, Or, Sundry Pieces Of that sweet Singer of the Temple:
glosses: A sudden or crushing fall.
Derived terms: air squat
Anderson squat
Asian squat
belt squat
bottoms up squat
box squat
breathing squat
Bulgarian split squat
count for squat
deep squat
flamingo squat
front squat
goblet squat
hack squat
Hindu squat
hot squat
jack squat
jockey squat
jump squat
overhead squat
pin squat
pistol squat
plié squat
pop a squat
safety squat
shrimp squat
sissy squat
Smith squat
split squat
squat cage
squat effect
squat lobster
squat pad
squat rack
squat snipe
squat sponge
squat switch
squat thrust
squat toilet
Steinborn squat
sumo squat
Zercher squat