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puk-ong [puk.ung.] : scrunch (v.); squat (v.)
Synonyms: gak-ang; pungko

Derivatives of puk-ong


Glosses:
scrunch
n. (event)1. scruncha crunching noise.
~ noisesound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
v. (perception)2. crump, scrunch, thudmake a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants.
~ crunch, scranch, scraunch, cracklemake a crushing noise.; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
v. (contact)3. crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squatsit on one's heels.; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
~ sit, sit downbe seated.
v. (contact)4. crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinklemake wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
~ fold, fold up, turn upbend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
~ pucker, cockle, rumple, crumple, knitto gather something into small wrinkles or folds.; "She puckered her lips"
~ ruck, ruck up, puckerbecome wrinkled or drawn together.; "her lips puckered"
squat
n. (act)1. knee bend, squat, squattingexercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles.
~ leg exerciseexercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles.
n. (quantity)2. diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squata small worthless amount.; "you don't know jack"
~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantityan indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude.
n. (act)3. squat, squattingthe act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels.
~ movement, motility, motion, movea change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
v. (stative)4. squatbe close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide.; "The building squatted low"
~ behave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
v. (stative)5. squatoccupy (a dwelling) illegally.
~ lodge in, occupy, residelive (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
adj. 6. chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpyshort 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"
~ short, littlelow in stature; not tall.; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
adj. 7. squat, underslunghaving a low center of gravity; built low to the ground.
~ lowliteral meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension.; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"