Squattle

Quick meaning: Squattle is a verb meaning (intransitive, Scotland) To squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment.

Meaning

(intransitive, Scotland) To squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment.

Example Sentences

They tarried about a week among us, living in tents, with their little ones squattling among the litter[…]

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.

He spread his face out in such a manner that there was nothing left but mouth; as a young cuckoo in a sparrow's nest, when his stepmother cannot satisfy him, squattles his empty body down, and distends himself into one enormous gape.

Word Forms

• squattles
• squattling
• squattled

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quat, swattle, shauchle, squelch, quackle, snudge.

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