squattering

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adjective

Straggling; messy.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of squatter
adjectivesquattering (comparative more squattering, superlative most squattering)

comparative more squattering · superlative most squattering

  1. obsoleteStraggling; messy.

    It is a language (as are many others round about me) like to that of Poitou, Xaintonge, Angoulesme, Limosin, and Auvergne, squattering, dragling, and filthie.

    , II.17

Origin

From squatter + -ing.

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APA

squattering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squattering

MLA

“squattering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squattering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squattering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squattering.

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