verb
General Slang
quat
· verb · welsh
To squat, crouch or hunker down — Welsh and West Country dialect.
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Definitions
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To crouch or squat down low. The Gower glossary glosses it as 'to press or flatten' — you quat behind a wall, you quat to pet a dog, a hare quats in the grass to hide.
“Quat down quick, mun, before he spots us.”
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quat In A Sentence
Quat down quick, mun, before he spots us.
Origin & Usage
Old dialect word kept alive in Welsh English (notably Gower) and the South West of England. Same Romance root as 'squat' — Old French 'quatir', to press flat.
Variants
quatt
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