squatty
1
5.9
- adjective
- /ˈskwɑti/
:
robusto
- Well, yes, there is, a kind of squatty truck, right by the phone booth.
- a squatty little
Examples
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Through the forest of cargo booms and kingposts, he could see the squatty gray-white stack of the Mackinaw.
Fiction book (1998) -
And you may not be able to tell at this distance, but the first tortilla was a little bit squatty and a little thicker than we might expect.
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My father was short and squatty, but he had a mean look about him.
Fiction book (2002) -
Lee says he fooled them all because he was "short and squatty."
Blog text (25) -
Squatty logs, fat as little bulldogs, tumbled all around him.
Fiction book (1996) -
He trotted away, disappointment evident in every line of his squatty form.
Fiction book (1999) -
There was the New Hope mission boat, anchored among the squatty fishing boats, gleaming prominently and looking lean and long by comparison.
Fiction book (2000) -
But Otis Jr. didn't know a good papershell pecan tree was worth a hundred times his and Brother's squatty old mulberry.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'd walked less than a block before finding two squatty black cabs lurking outside a hotel, and I slid into the warm, tobacco-scented interior with a cozy feeling of familiarity.
Fiction book (1992) -
My father was short and squatty, but he had a mean look about him.
Synonyms
20
2.8
Short and wide in body with a solid build
14
3.4
Short and thick in shape, with a strong, solid look
5
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
1
4.6
Short and wide, low to the ground
Short and wide in shape with a thick body
Antonyms
How Stocky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Squatty comes from the verb squat, which means 'to crouch low' or bend close to the ground, as in the exercise 'a squat'. So squatty describes something short, low, and thick or wide, like a small, sturdy shape.