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Squat vs Crouch - What's the difference?

squat | crouch |

Crouch is a synonym of squat.



In obsolete terms the difference between squat and crouch

is that squat is a sudden or crushing fall while crouch is to sign with the cross; bless.

As nouns the difference between squat and crouch

is that squat is a position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet while crouch is a cross.

As verbs the difference between squat and crouch

is that squat is to bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet while crouch is to sign with the cross; bless.

As an adjective squat

is relatively short or low and thick or broad.

squat

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) squatten, from (etyl) esquatir, . The sense "nothing" may by a source or a derivation of diddly-squat .

Adjective

(squatter)
  • Relatively short or low and thick or broad
  • * Robert Browning
    • the round, squat turret
  • * Grew
    • The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat .
  • * 1927 ,
    • On the gentle slopes there are farms, ancient and rocky, with squat , moss-coated cottages brooding eternally over old New England secrets in the lee of great ledges
  • Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
  • * Milton
    • Him there they found, / Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  • * 2006 , Yael Calhoun and Matthew R. Calhoun, Create a Yoga Practice for Kids , page 72:
    • Sit in a squat , with your feet a comfortable distance apart.
  • (weightlifting): A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders.
  • * 2001 , Robert Wolff, Robert Wolff's Book of Great Workouts , page 58-59:
    • The king of all quad exercises, and arguably the best single-weight resistance exercise, is the squat .
  • A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a (squat toilet).
  • A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
  • * 1996 July 8, Chris Smith, "Live Free or Die", in New York Magazine? , page 36:
    • " If you want to spend a night in a squat , it's all political to get in." Lately, as buildings have filled and become stringent about new admissions, much of the squatters' "My house is your house" rhetoric has become hollow.
  • (slang) Something of no value; nothing.
    • I know squat about nuclear physics.
  • * 2003 May 6, "Dear Dotti", ? , volume 24, number 34, page 23:
    • We didn't ask for rent, but we assumed they'd help around the house. But they don't do squat .
  • (obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall.
    • (Herbert)
  • (mining) A small vein of ore.
  • A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Woodward)
    Derived terms
    * breathing squat * front squat * hack squat * sissy squat * squat snipe

    Verb

    (squatt)
  • To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  • * 1901 , , chapter II
    • He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did.
  • (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
  • * 1994 , Kurt, Mike, & Brett Brungardt, The Complete Book of Butt and Legs , page 161
    • For those who are having, or have had, trouble squatting' we suggest learning how to ' squat by performing the front squatThe front squat allows you almost no alternative but to perform the exercise correctly.
  • To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
  • * 1890 , , chapter VII
    • Huddled together in loathsome files, they squat there over night, or until an inquisitive policeman breaks up the congregation with his club, which in Mulberry Street has always free swing.
  • To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
  • (dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
    • Derived terms
    * squatter * squatting

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The angel shark (genus Squatina ).
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    crouch

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) crouche, cruche, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A cross.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) crouchen, crucchen, . More at (l).

    Verb

  • To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
    • We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
    • Archer and Jacob jumped up from behind the mound where they had been crouching with the intention of springing upon their mother unexpectedly, and they all began to walk slowly home.
  • To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
  • * Wordsworth
    • a crouching purpose
  • * Shakespeare
    • Must I stand and crouch / Under your testy humour?
  • To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A bent or stooped position.
    • The cat waited in a crouch , hidden behind the hedge.
  • A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to crouch.