as in licks
the smallest amount or part imaginable
he doesn't do squat all day long and is by far the laziest worker in the company
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Recent Examples of squats
Marisa McMillan, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Some of the best exercises for a stronger core include crunches, teasers, planks, and body-weight squats.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
Examples include air squats, step-ups, push-ups, and dips.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 8 Dec. 2025
Roser also recommends wearing these vests for moves where having weights in your hands is challenging, such as side lunges, side squats, and sumo squats.
—Jessie Quinn, Flow Space, 7 Nov. 2025
The deadlifts, squats and all that.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Single-leg strength was prioritized through split squats, single-leg squats and skater squats.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
This can include walking as well as doing hip openers, shoulder circles and a few bodyweight squats.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
With Sparkle for a Cause, Alexis turns fitness into a festival of kindness, proving that squats and planks can lift more than muscles.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Emily Brindley, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
Jeanroy squats down, nudges Taïga aside, and starts digging with a cavadou—a sort of pick that resembles a very scary dental tool.
—Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Sinking the throttle forces the electric motor and engine to work together; the car then squats before alarmingly rocketing down the road while swapping cogs swiftly but smoothly.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
Your version might be squats in the living room.
—Verb
Squire squats down in a patch of dead grass along the edge of a creek.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for squats
Noun
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The guitarist, songwriter and record producer was not known for flashy playing, but his spare, catchy licks and solid rhythm chops helped define Memphis soul music.—
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Sean Kaufman and Christopher Briney locked licks on the Jumbotron.—
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An officer then gets out of the vehicle, crouches down, and beckons to the dog, who had once again meandered to the center of the road.—
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This time around, while Chambers remains turned away, Teasdale crouches with an unsettling smile and long fingernails, conjuring a skin-crawling suspense.—
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Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals.—
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There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example.—
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“Squats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squats. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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