(adj) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature, Syn. dumpy, squatty, low-set, stumpy, squat, Example: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
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. (Zool.) 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 ]
[ヤンキーすわり;ヤンキーずわり, yanki-suwari ; yanki-zuwari] (n, vs) squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture)
[しもざ, shimoza] (n, vs) (1) squatting; prostrating oneself; crouching; (n) (2) musicians' box on the left side of the stage; (3) (See 下座・しもざ) lower seat