squatty

[ skwot-ee ]

adjective,squat·ti·er, squat·ti·est.

Origin of squatty

First recorded in 1880–85; squat + -y¹

He’s a bit more “squatty” now, as he put it, and hopes a lower set up will help him cover the bottom of the zone better.
Nats want Kyle Schwarber to get ‘squatty’ at the plate and return to his slugging ways | Jesse Dougherty | February 26, 2021 | Washington Post
Then he went “back down into his legs” — or, uh, got squatty — before slowly raising his body in the following years.
Nats want Kyle Schwarber to get ‘squatty’ at the plate and return to his slugging ways | Jesse Dougherty | February 26, 2021 | Washington Post
On a pantry shelf there once lived a funny squatty-looking pitcher-man.
Sandman's Goodnight Stories | Abbie Phillips Walker
With the glorious flush of victory thrilling his whole frame Perk stood by to fend off as they drew close to the squatty stern.
Eagles of the Sky | Ambrose Newcomb
He crossed the lane to a squatty old structure of brick by the water-side, and peeped in.
The Entailed Hat | George Alfred Townsend

I saw a German soldier hurrying towards a squatty peasant house.
Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany | Edward Lyell Fox
Rows of dirty tents, lines of squatty log-cabins, and many flat-board houses clustered around an immense sawmill.
The Young Forester | Zane Grey

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