<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.</li><li>to crouch down or cower, as an animal.</li><li>to settle on or occupy property, especially otherwise unoccupied property, without any title, right, or payment of rent.</li><li>to settle on public land under government regulation, in order to acquire title.</li><li>Nautical: (of a vessel, especially a power vessel) to draw more water astern when in motion forward than when at rest.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to cause to squat.</li><li>to occupy (property) as a squatter.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>(of a person, animal, the body, etc.) short and thickset.</li><li>seated or being in a squatting position; crouching.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or fact of squatting.</li><li>a squatting position or posture.</li><li>a weightlifting exercise in which a person squats and then returns to an erect position while holding a barbell at the back of the shoulders.</li><li>Nautical: the tendency of a vessel to draw more water astern when in motion than when stationary.</li><li>Slang: diddly-squat.</li><li>a place occupied by squatters.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>