Squinch Definition & Meaning
squinch
- noun
- a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
- verb
- crouch down
- draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other"
Words that rhyme with squinch
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