SQUATTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squatting mean? 

• SQUATTING (noun)
  The noun SQUATTING has 2 senses:

1. exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

2. the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

  Familiarity information: SQUATTING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUATTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

knee bend; squat; squatting

Hypernyms ("squatting" is a kind of...):

leg exercise (exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

squat; squatting

Hypernyms ("squatting" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Derivation:

squat (sit on one's heels)

 Context examples 

This he placed in the middle of the floor and, squatting down upon a stool in front of it, he threw back the lid.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He came upon one of the man-animals, Grey Beaver, who was squatting on his hams and doing something with sticks and dry moss spread before him on the ground.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Sure enough, he was squatting among his blankets beside his fire in his little camp.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Martin and Cheese- Face were two savages, of the stone age, of the squatting place and the tree refuge.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He was squatting in the moss, a bone in his mouth, sucking at the shreds of life that still dyed it faintly pink.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

There was Aylward squatting cross-legged in his shirt, while he scrubbed away at his chain-mail brigandine, whistling loudly the while.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She departed then and the lights went out, and I was left squatting in the rhododendron-bush.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He saw the blaze of the fire, Kloo-kooch cooking, and Grey Beaver squatting on his hams and mumbling a chunk of raw tallow.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A council was now held by the whole tribe squatting in a circle, whilst we sat near on a slab of basalt and watched their proceedings.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Henry, squatting over the fire and settling the pot of coffee with a piece of ice, nodded.

(White Fang, by Jack London)