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.
will squat
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future tenseof squat.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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At some point they will not be able to fly any farther and will squat down on some pylon or sparse crag—and very grateful for this miserable accommodation to boot!
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
Your items are carried in a backpack, and when you open it, your character on the TV screen will squat down and rummage inside it.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012
He will squat, again, but this time sickle in hand, and his movements of gather-cut-release-waddle will be repeated over and over and over as the sun retraces its own incremental path in the sky.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2012
Then she will squat, leap, twist and land again in the next two squares, working her way back and forth the length of the ladder.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2010
Of course, when I am on duty there is nothing much he can do; but if I am sitting in a room, he will squat for hours in the corner and watch me.
From On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War by William Heysham Overend
