The Clue
Play catcher, say (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SQUAT
Tags
Notes
The answer SQUAT is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 900 puzzles.
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Definition
SQUAT as a noun:
1. (knee bend, squat, squatting) = exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
2. (jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit) = a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"
3. (squat, squatting) = the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
SQUAT as a verb:
1. (squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down) = sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
2. be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"
3. occupy (a dwelling) illegally
SQUAT as an adjective:
1. (chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy) = short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"
2. (squat, underslung) = having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground