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.
squatness
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a word derived from
squat.
Example Sentences
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But I do love the aesthetics of cocktails, and glassware is a big part of that — the gnome-like squatness of an Old-Fashioned glass, the pearly green of a Last Word in a frost-hazed coupe.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022
The squatness also creates an air cushion under the plane when she lands, a benefit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The squatness makes the fuselage virtually part of the wings.
From Time Magazine Archive
His figure was thickset, but had not as yet acquired the squatness of later days.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
As he sat squatted there by the fire Garman's figure gave an impression of squatness and of grossness in proportions and flesh.
From The Plunderer by Henry Oyen
