Sekirov Dictionary

squink

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

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A short, high-pitched metallic sound
- Immediately began that shrill and irritating squink-squink-squink. — 1937
•
An instance of squinking.
- “Morning!” She did her best squink. — 1995
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A cryptid supposedly found in Washington State, the Columbia River sand squink, which has a body like a fox, the head and ears of a jackrabbit, and a bushy tail like a squirrel.
- The Squink isn't particularly fussy about its diet, but has a great fondness for electric eels. — 1939

verb1

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To scrunch up, squinch (one's face, nose, etc).
- "Do it again," he said. "How do you ever squink up your nose like that! Bet you can't do it three times in succession." — 1912

forms

squinked · squinking · squinks

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