squatting
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈskwɑːtɪŋ/
:
posición de cuclillas
- Her right leg tingles awake; she sinks again into the squatting position.
- squatting position
Like, why did you, you know, make you know an entire vital sign chapter on squatting?
- Like, why did you, you know, make you know an entire vital sign chapter on squatting?
Examples
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While gardening, she found it comfortable to stay in a squatting position for longer periods.
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A woman is in a squatting position.
Fiction book (1990) -
Get into the squatting position.
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I had trouble getting back into the squatting position after getting the bar up in one motion.
Blog text (9) -
Ripley is sleeping, still in the squatting position in the middle of the room.
Fiction book (1997) -
The men, in various squatting positions, enjoy a hot cup of tea while puffing on long cigarettes.
Academic text (2005) -
He slid down into a squatting position.
Fiction book (2000) -
She pats my arm reassuringly and looks up at me from her squatting position.
Blog text (16) -
He leans against Biggs' cruiser and slowly sinks down to a squatting position.
Fiction book (1992) -
Irresistibly drawn by curiosity and the lodestone of Gray's voice, Faith eased out of her squatting position and cautiously tugged at the handle of the screen door.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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2.5
An exercise where you bend your knees, lower your body, then stand up
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4.2
A low position with knees bent and body close to the ground to hide or get ready to move
Antonyms
How Low
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Squatting comes from the verb squat, which means 'to bend down and sit low', like a very low sit. So squatting is the act of staying in or moving into that low, knees-bent position close to the ground.