squatting

Other forms of squatting

plural

squattings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about squatting

What does squatting mean?

squatting means "exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in squatting?

squatting has 2 syllables: squat-ting. The stress falls on "squat". In IPA it is /ˈskwɑtɪŋ/.

What is another word for squatting?

Close synonyms include knee bend, squat, squat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is squatting a common word?

squatting is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.