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To squat is to crouch down with your knees bent and your heels touching or close to your butt, or to move into a piece of property illegally. (verb)

When you crouch down to a child's eye level, this is an example of a time when you squat.
When you move into an apartment and start living there when you have no right to do so, this is an example of a time when you squat.

Squat describes someone or something that is short and thick. (adjective)

A short, stout person is an example of someone who would be described as squat.

A squat is a position in which you are crouched with your knees bent and the backs of your feet almost touching your butt, or an exercise in which you bend in such a manner and then stand up again, sometimes while holding a weight. (noun)