sit on one's heels - In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting - The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm • Syn: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker down • Derivationally related forms: squat (for: squat), squatting (for: squat) • Hypernyms: sit, sit down • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP