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  • 51squat|ter — squat|ter1 «SKWOT uhr», noun. 1. a) a person who temporarily occupies or settles on land without title or right: »Judging from the treatment of squatters on similar lands in Manitoba, there need be no fear of settling on lands within the reserves …

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  • 52squat lobster — noun A variety of lobster (family Galatheidae) with the tail tucked under the body • • • Main Entry: ↑squat …

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  • 53squat shop — noun A business, usu selling cheap goods, that occupies an empty or disused shop illegally, pays no rent or rates and trades for the time taken by the owner to obtain an eviction order from a court • • • Main Entry: ↑squat …

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  • 54squat thrust — ► NOUN ▪ an exercise in which the legs are thrust backwards to their full extent from a squatting position with the hands on the floor …

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  • 55squat|toc|ra|cy — «skwo TOK ruh see», noun. Australian. squatters, especially the socially and politically important sheep ranchers …

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  • 56Squat (exercise) — The squat is a lower body exercise used in strength training. It is also a competitive lift in powerlifting and an essential movement in the sport of weightlifting. The exercise s main emphasis is on the quadriceps and the glutes, but it also… …

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  • 57Squat (lieu) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Squat. Un squat en Allemagne Le squat (de l anglais « s accroupir »), désigne l installation dans un lieu pour y habiter sans l accord du titulaire lé …

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  • 58Squat toilet — American squat toilet with tank (Saline, Michigan) Toilet retrofit installation …

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  • 59Squat (Warhammer 40,000) — In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000 , the Squats are a dwarf like race descended from the humans that colonised high gravity worlds. Separated from the rest of humanity over the millennia they evolved their own distinct morphology and… …

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  • 60Squat effect — The squat effect is the hydrodynamic phenomenon by which a vessel moving quickly through shallow water creates an area of lowered pressure under its keel that reduces the ship s buoyancy, particularly at the bow. The reduced buoyancy causes the… …

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