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The word squat, squatter or squatting can refer to:
As body position
- Squat (exercise), a lower-body exercise in strength and conditioning
- Squat toilet, a toilet used by squatting rather than sitting
- Squatting position, a resting position where the weight of the body is on the feet
In computing and the Internet
- Cybersquatting refers to registering Internet domain names similar to popular trademarks with the intent to extort the trademark holder
- Squatting attack, a kind of computer attack
In law and property
- Squatting (pastoral), Australian term referring to occupations of land
- Squatting, living in an abandoned or unused building, sometimes for political purposes (usually anarchist or autonomist)
- Squatter's rights, referring to the legal term adverse possession
In media and entertainment
- Squat (Warhammer 40,000), a race in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
- Squatter (game), a popular Australian board game
- Squat, a species of Flanimal from the More Flanimals and other books in the series
- Squat, the alternate name of the title character of Scott Adams' comic Plop: The Hairless Elbonian
In science
- Squat effect, in hydrodynamics
- Bob and squat, the pitching motion of automobile and bicycle suspensions when under acceleration; i.e., the rear end moves down and the front end moves up
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