squat
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4.6
- adjective
- /skwɑt/
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- Those squat buildings seemed out of place among the tall skyscrapers.
- short and squat
- short-legged and squat
- squat and ugly
And George is a short, squat, ugly pock face, dude.
- And George is a short, squat, ugly pock face, dude.
- But you can just look at somebody and see this kind of more squat, light skinned person is adopted adapted to snow.
Examples
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The current dorm looks very squat, and the massing is not as graceful as the taller version.
Blog text (12) -
The boy was short and squat, with a sturdy build that made him look strong.
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I always pick kind of the flat squat ones.
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But this goes a short squat, powerful.
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They're not like super like wide and squat, if that makes sense.
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Because the robot was relatively squat, the infant was never more than a foot off the floor during the experiments.
Academic text (2011) -
He was a solid, squat old man with wispy white hair.
Fiction book (1996) -
The hill's angle lessened, and the trees thinned to a few squat, windswept needle-leafed varieties.
Fiction book (1998) -
Its claws were two sizes too large for the rest of its body, and its body was squat and blocky, all sinew and muscle beneath its feathers.
Fiction book (1993) -
He was a heavy, squat, hairless man, with rolling folds between his cranium and his shoulders, and a polished gleam to his broad naked head, like marble.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
22
1.0
To a position close to the ground
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3.4
Short and thick in shape, with a strong, solid look
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5.0
Short and thick in build, often making a person or animal look clumsy
4
4.7
Short and thick, often with stubby legs
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5.9
Being short and low with a thick, sturdy shape
Short and wide in shape with a thick body
Antonyms
How Short
Surface Forms
Etymology
Squat comes from old words meaning 'low to the ground', so something described as squat looks short, wide, and close to the earth.