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
Sherri Gordon, Health, 10 Feb. 2026
The two moves where this most often occurs are squats and lunges.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Feb. 2026
Try strength training that focuses on glutes, shoulders, upper back, and core, including squats.
—Hannah Silverman, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
In a video posted to her social media on Thursday, Vonn performed a series of workouts including squats, box jumps and side lunges.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Create a personalized routine Strength training can either involve body-weight exercises—like push-ups, squats, tricep dips, planks, and lunges—weightlifting, or both.
—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
The eight-to-10-minute routines, which are on YouTube, are inspired by Barilla’s Protein+ pasta shapes, featuring moves such as penne plié squats, rotini spiral planks and spaghetti curls.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Your version might be squats in the living room.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Squire squats down in a patch of dead grass along the edge of a creek.
—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
This increase in blood pressure can climb as high as 200 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), particularly during exercises like squats and deadlifts, John Higgins, MD, MBA, a sports cardiologist at UTHealth Houston, told Health.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 10 Feb. 2026
The two moves where this most often occurs are squats and lunges.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Feb. 2026
Try strength training that focuses on glutes, shoulders, upper back, and core, including squats.
—Hannah Silverman, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
In a video posted to her social media on Thursday, Vonn performed a series of workouts including squats, box jumps and side lunges.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Create a personalized routine Strength training can either involve body-weight exercises—like push-ups, squats, tricep dips, planks, and lunges—weightlifting, or both.
—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
The eight-to-10-minute routines, which are on YouTube, are inspired by Barilla’s Protein+ pasta shapes, featuring moves such as penne plié squats, rotini spiral planks and spaghetti curls.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Your version might be squats in the living room.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
In a video posted on Instagram on Thursday, Vonn squats with weights, lunges from side to side and does fast kicks against a ball.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Squire squats down in a patch of dead grass along the edge of a creek.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squats
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Miami got some good licks on Mendoza, bloodying his lip early on a shot from Jakobe Thomas that probably could have drawn a flag for targeting.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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Magazine staffers gathered in the editor’s office and listened in awe to pedal steel licks and tight, pretty harmonies — from the Dead!—
Ben Fong-Torres,
Rolling Stone,
18 Jan. 2026
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Alyssa Liu just literally crouches down right in front of us on the press row, right at the ice.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Two hours later, the trainer — now in a foam Michelin-man neck-to-heel suit — crouches near the box, imitating a quiet intruder.—
Megan Sauer
Tasia Jensen,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Blackhawks dressing room was a rowdy scene after the game, their hoots and hollers reverberating throughout the bowels of the United Center.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Dec. 2025
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