squat
verb (used without object)
to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.
have squatted
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present perfectof squat.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They have squatted there since 2019, unable to afford the rising rent of their old house.
From Reuters ● Aug. 11, 2021
Jones said 12 players can power clean at least 300 pounds, 10 players have squatted at least 500 pounds and 64 players have their names on the team record board.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2017
Many come to Sar Shahi, a hamlet roughly 20 miles east of Jalalabad, where they have squatted in unfinished houses or in the craggy yards of friendly residents.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2015
But by the 1970s, the Hall was out of use and a young runaway by the name of Lucy is said to have squatted there.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2012
His head went up, he put on a defiant look and would have squatted there on the deck had it not been for the sailors.
From With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
