as in stout
being compact and broad in build and often short in stature
a squatty little wrestler
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Recent Examples of squatty
Place objects like blocks or stools, or maybe even a squatty potty, under your feet to raise your knees higher than your hips.
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Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 20 Nov. 2024
Even with standard organizational paranoia about plans leaking, not using a running back with a squatty frame and credible speed is curious.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
The tall, arcing element of Tatum Scales and its squatty companion evoke traditional African decorative geometries — and, well, a female breast.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
Ellen strongly recommends buying blue-light-blocking glasses and a squatty potty.
—Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
That tint is too dark; that truck is too squatty.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 8 June 2021
Joseph is 6 feet 4 and 329 pounds and plays a position — nose tackle — that even sounds stagnant and squatty.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
Mikulak, the 2018 world championships bronze medalist on the apparatus, had a sloppy routine and squatty landing on his dismount.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
Toads use their short, squatty legs to hop or walk.
—Washington Post, 4 May 2021
Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 20 Nov. 2024
Even with standard organizational paranoia about plans leaking, not using a running back with a squatty frame and credible speed is curious.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
The tall, arcing element of Tatum Scales and its squatty companion evoke traditional African decorative geometries — and, well, a female breast.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
Ellen strongly recommends buying blue-light-blocking glasses and a squatty potty.
—Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
That tint is too dark; that truck is too squatty.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 8 June 2021
Joseph is 6 feet 4 and 329 pounds and plays a position — nose tackle — that even sounds stagnant and squatty.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
Mikulak, the 2018 world championships bronze medalist on the apparatus, had a sloppy routine and squatty landing on his dismount.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
Toads use their short, squatty legs to hop or walk.
—Washington Post, 4 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squatty
Adjective
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Without their go-to scorer and clutch performer, the Knicks are forging a new identity as a stout defensive team.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2025
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The latest release was finished in stout beer barrels, part of a growing number of whiskeys that are getting this type of secondary maturation.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Graham has a stubby build and some prospects are more athletic.—
Matt Barrows,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Elephants, for instance, became tapirs, with stubby trunks and legs.—
Caroline Winterer / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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An hour ago, the stocky British actor best known on these shores for playing tough guys and gangsters was on a morning talk show, after having chatted with Jimmy Fallon the previous evening.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
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Cooper concluded that a megalodon would have been a stocky, powerful shark—measuring some 52 feet (16 meters) in length with a body mass of 67.86 tons—able to execute bursts of high speed to attack prey, much like the significantly smaller great white shark.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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With the costume’s feet at knee-level, an elevated stage (and smoke machine) helped give the appearance that Klum was walking around on E.T.’s characteristically stumpy legs.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
1 Nov. 2024
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The heron turns out to be a stumpy man in a costume.—
Moeko Fujii,
The New Yorker,
2 May 2024
Adjective
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Ironically, her swollen face looks plump and round despite her partial buccal fat removal — a procedure that extracts the soft pads of tissue found inside the cheeks to create a slimmer face.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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It’s packed with moisture-boosting ingredients that leave your skin feeling plump, dewy and ready to glow.—
Maria Correa,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And Yogi Two of the greatest catchers in history were short and squat like Ballesteros.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Just make sure to choose a lens that's relatively squat and short when using a gimbal, as lenses that are physically long are just too front-heavy.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These insights shaped every detail of the grill—from the cook engine to the closed cabinet that discreetly hides the gas tank to the sturdy stainless-steel handle, a signature of Weber quality.—
Tim Clark,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Blue Jackets signed another college free agent on Wednesday, adding stout and sturdy defenseman Caleb MacDonald from the University of North Dakota on a two-year entry-level contract that begins next season.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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At the start of the production, when Blanche arrives at her sister’s dumpy apartment, a lithe young man (Jabez Sykes) contorts himself in abstract choreography.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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In context, Franklin was critiquing a rather dumpy drawing of an eagle lacking a regal beak by the Society of the Cincinnati, which had adopted the nation’s bird as its symbol.—
Kendra Nordin Beato,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Squatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squatty. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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