squat

Object

• position: For example, simply rising from a squatting position may cause a tear.
• street: St Agnes Place Campaign to save the last squatted community street in London and resist evictions.
• press: At the moment I am in the gym 3 times a week doing squats, leg presses and upper body stuff.
• exercise: Try the squatting exercises or use the birth ball.
• building: But don't worry tho, they intend to squat another building soon.
• land: Peasants on squatted land were given title deeds and land belonging to Batista's cronies was confiscated to create state farms and co-operatives.

Preposition: on

floor: I am squatting on the floor, leaning in between Rich's knees, who is sitting on the sofa.

Modifies a noun

• lobster: The wall had the usual population of squat lobsters.
• thrust: Alternate leg squat thrusts - count reps on 1 leg only.
• jar: Notes Classes 1 to 6 - To be in 1lb round squat honey jars.
• jump: This could involve, for example, heavy squats followed by squat jumps.
• rack: My gym doesn't have a squat rack or power cage whence the usage of the Smith's machine.
• tower: A squat tower capped by a pyramid roof with a weathercock.

Modifying Another Word

• diddly: OzzMosiz Jul 3 2006, 06:09 PM Doesn't mean diddly squat to me!
• deep: We then started doing deep squats, with hip presses during contractions.
• rather: In shape it is rather squat, hence the common name, crab louse.

Followed by an intransitive particle

down: Eleanor had to squat down carefully to avoid banging her head on the rafters.

Preposition: in

front: I saw a dark, creeping figure which crawled round the corner and squatted in front of the door.

Preposition: with

• barbell: Novice athletes who may not have squatted before should not attempt the overhead squat with a barbell.
• lateral: Such variants include one-leg hops on the spot and one-leg squats with lateral hops.