squattle

1. (intransitive, Scotland) To squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment.Examples: "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."Scotlandintransitive