squat position
1Squat thrust — A squat thrust is a calisthenic exercise. It typically is performed as follows:# From a standing parade rest position, drop to a squat position with your hands on the ground near your feet. # Throw the feet back, putting yourself into a push up… …
2squat thrust — noun A gymnastic exercise performed by thrusting the legs backwards to their full extent from a squatting position while supporting the weight on the hands • • • Main Entry: ↑squat * * * n. an exercise in which the legs are thrust backward to… …
3squat´ness — squat «skwot», verb, squat|ted or squat, squat|ting, adjective, noun. –v.i. 1. to sit on the heels; crouch: »He found it difficult to squat on his heels for more than a few minutes …
4squat´ly — squat «skwot», verb, squat|ted or squat, squat|ting, adjective, noun. –v.i. 1. to sit on the heels; crouch: »He found it difficult to squat on his heels for more than a few minutes …
5squat — [skwät] vi. squatted, squatting [ME squatten < MFr esquatir < es (L ex ), intens. + quatir, to press flat < VL * coactire < L coactus, pp. of cogere, to force, compress: see COGENT] 1. to crouch so as to sit on the heels with the… …
6squat — ► VERB (squatted, squatting) 1) crouch or sit with the knees bent and the heels close to the bottom or thighs. 2) unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or area of land. ► ADJECTIVE (squatter, squattest) ▪ short or low, and disproportionately… …
7squat thrust — ► NOUN ▪ an exercise in which the legs are thrust backwards to their full extent from a squatting position with the hands on the floor …
8Squat toilet — American squat toilet with tank (Saline, Michigan) Toilet retrofit installation …
9Squat (exercise) — The squat is a lower body exercise used in strength training. It is also a competitive lift in powerlifting and an essential movement in the sport of weightlifting. The exercise s main emphasis is on the quadriceps and the glutes, but it also… …
10squat — squat1 [skɔwt US skwa:t] v past tense and past participle squatted present participle squatting ↑jeans [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: esquatir, from quatir [i] to press , from Vulgar Latin coactire to press together , from Latin cogere;… …
