squatty

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English

Etymology

From squat +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

squatty (comparative squattier, superlative squattiest)

  1. Somewhat squat.
    • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 39:
      A squatty guy with a wide-dark face came out of the door of the office building and waved and pointed.
    • 2008 May 5, George Vecsey, “Have Health, Will Travel and Catch”, in New York Times:
      At 6 feet 3 inches tall, he resembles the patrician Carlton Fisk more than the squatty Thurman Munson.

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