Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun squatting

2 senses of squatting

Sense 1
knee bend, squat, squatting -- (exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles)
       => leg exercise -- (exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles)

Sense 2
squat, squatting -- (the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels)
       => motion, movement, move, motility -- (a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb squat

3 senses of squat

Sense 1
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down -- (sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm")
       => sit, sit down -- (be seated)

Sense 2
squat -- (be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 3
squat -- (occupy (a dwelling) illegally)
       => occupy, reside, lodge in -- (live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor")