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squat | team |

In obsolete terms the difference between squat and team

is that squat is a sudden or crushing fall while team is a group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.

As nouns the difference between squat and team

is that squat is a position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet while team is a set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

As verbs the difference between squat and team

is that squat is to bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet while team is to form a group, as for sports or work.

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

    * ----

    team

    English

    (wikipedia team)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) teme, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
  • * Macaulay
    • It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough.
  • * 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 111:
    • The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards.
  • Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
    • We need more volunteers for the netball team .
    The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
  • (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
  • * Holland
    • a team of ducklings about her
  • * Dryden
    • a long team of snowy swans on high
  • (UK, legal, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
  • * ALEXANDER M. BURRILL, LAW DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY, vol II, 1871 URL: http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924022836450
    • TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team.
    Usage notes
    * When referring to the actions of a sports team, British English typically uses the third-person plural form rather than the third-person singular. However, this is not done in other contexts such as in business or politics. ** **: Manchester were unable to bring the strong team they originally intended, ** **: Leeds were champions again.
    Descendants
    * German: (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a group, as for sports or work.
    • They teamed to complete the project.
  • To convey or haul with a team.
    • to team lumber
    (Thoreau)
    Derived terms
    * double-team

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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