squatting
noun, verb
squatting is a noun meaning “The posture of one who squats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-Q-U-A-T-T-I-N-G and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of squatting is squattings.
What does squatting mean?
noun
- 1
The posture of one who squats.
- 2
The act or general practice of occupying a building or land without the permission of the owner.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of squat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce squatting?
Squatting has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of squatting
- squattings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is squatting?
Squatting appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Squatting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense occupation of a building/land without permission of owner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hausbesetzung |
| Spanish | paracaidismo, okupación, allanamiento de morada |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.