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The word '''squat''', '''squatter''' or '''squatting''' can refer to:
* A [[Sitting#Parallel_legs|squat]] is a kind of sitting position.
* [[Squatting]] is a term for inhabiting an [[abandonment|abandoned]] or unused building or plot of land without owning it; a person squatting is known as a squatter, and the house or building occupied by squatters is known as a squat.
* [[Squatting (pastoral)]] is a term from Australian history, referring to the action of a person (the squatter) who occupied a large tract of [[Crown land]] in order to graze livestock.
* [[Squat (exercise)]], a lower-body exercise in strength and conditioning.
* [[Squatter (game)|''Squatter'' (game)]], a popular Australian board game about managing such a sheep-station.
* Squatter's rights, referring to the legal term [[adverse possession]].
* [[Cybersquatting]] refers to registering Internet domain names similar to popular trademarks with the intent to extort the trademark holder.
* A species of Flanimal from the books [[Flanimals]] and [[More Flanimals]] by [[Ricky Gervais]].
* A [[squat toilet]] is a type of toilet where the user squats rather than sits on a seat.
* The alternate name of the titular character in [[Scott Adams]]' comic ''[[Plop: The Hairless Elbonian]].''
* [[Squat (shipping term)]], used to describe a number of [[hydrodynamic]] phenomena.
* [[Squats (Warhammer 40,000)]] are a race in Games Workshop's fictional ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' universe.
* [[Squatting attack]], in [[Computer Science]], is a kind of attack involving shared [[Synchronization_(computer_science)|synchronization]] objects.
* In slang, ''squat'' is a term which can mean "of little or no value", as in "this computer isn't worth squat."
* Squat also refers to the pitching motion of a car when under acceleration. i.e. rear end moves down, front end moves up.
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