Meaning

1 senses

  1. To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).

More definitions
  • crouch down
  • cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
  • draw back, as with fear or pain

Origin

Uncertain. Probably blend of squint + pinch. Compare squink-eyed, variant of squint-eyed,

Uncertain. Probably blend of squint + pinch. Compare squink-eyed, variant of squint-eyed, so perhaps it is at least partly an altered form of squint.

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Forms

squinches, squinching, squinched, squinched
Base formsquinch · to squinch
3rd person singularsquinches
Present participlesquinching
Past simplesquinched
Past participlesquinched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysquinch
he, she, itsquinches

Past simpleLesson

all personssquinched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave squinched
he, she, ithas squinched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill squinch

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedsquinch owl
Derivedsquinchy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
squelchsquidsquintC2squire
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