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squattle

squattle verb: to squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment.

Verb

squattle (third-person singular simple present squattles, present participle squattling, simple past and past participle squattled)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment.
    • They tarried about a week among us, living in tents, with their little ones squattling among the litter[…]1821, John Galt, Annals of the parish: or, the chronicle of Dalmailing […] , page 56
    • Whenever they got to the water they threw themselves down and squattled into it. The moment they were in the water they acted just as if they were fishes.1877, John Timbs, James Mason, Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, page 46

Forms of squattle

third-person singular presentsquattles
present participlesquattling
past participlesquattled
pastsquattled

Origin of squattle

From squat + -le?

Questions about squattle

What does squattle mean?
Squattle means to squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment.
What part of speech is squattle?
Squattle is a verb.
What is the past tense of squattle?
The past tense of squattle is squattled.

Words near squattle in the dictionary

  1. squattiness
  2. squatting
  3. squattingly
  4. squattings
  5. squattish
  6. squattle
  7. squattled
  8. squattles
  9. squattling
  10. squattocracies
  11. squattocracy

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