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squinch, v.
(squinched, squinches, squinching)

cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

squinch squint

sample sentences

"The children squinted so as to scare each other"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

squint squinter

semantic pointers

hypernym

grimace, make a face, pull a face

draw back, as with fear or pain
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

cringe flinch funk quail recoil shrink squinch wince

sample sentences

"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

flinch

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

wince wince

semantic pointers

hypernym

move

hyponym

shrink back, retract

crouch down
<verb.motion>

squinch

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

crouch, stoop, bend, bow