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Definition of squinch

a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
partly close one''s eyes; "The children squinted to frighten each other"
draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
crouch down

Similar Words: squint, cross one's eyes, flinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail

Hyponyms: trumpet arch, shrink back, retract

Derivational Morphology: squinter, squint-eye, wince, flinch

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