Past tense of squat
regular verb
The past tense of squat is squatted. The past participle is also squatted.
Forms of squat
| Base form (V1) | squat /skwɒt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | squatted |
| Past participle (V3) | squatted |
| Present participle | squatting |
| Third person singular | squats |
Squatted in a sentence
- The old homepage for L2TP, www.l2tpd.org, has been squatted by a domain squatter.2006, Paul Wouters, Ken Bantoft, Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks with Openswan
- I can't believe they squatted my favorite faction!
- She squatted instead of keeling, her plump vulva gaping obscenely above the floor.2006, K. Sean Harris, Erotic Jamaican Tales, Book Fetish, p. 2. From the entry pre-cum
- The figure came up and squatted flatfooted on his haunches next to Patsy.1986, F[rancis] Paul Wilson, “Dat Tay Vao”, in The Touch (The Adversary Cycle; III), New York, N.Y.: Putnam, →ISBN; republished in Shane…. From the entry flat-footed
- Near the timberyard a squatted child at marbles, alone, shooting the taw with a cunnythumb.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 5]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry taw
Meaning of squat
- adjective Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
- adjective Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.
- noun A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
Questions about the past tense of squat
- What is the past tense of squat?
- The past tense of squat is squatted.
- What is the past participle of squat?
- The past participle of squat is squatted.
- Is squat a regular or irregular verb?
- Squat is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: squat (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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