squinch
IPA: skwˈɪntʃ
noun
- (architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
verb
- (transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).
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Examples of "squinch" in Sentences
- A more advanced squinch will give more weight to certain pages.
- But it's just a remarkable case of keeping the eyes squinched shut.
- You tootin 'lak a squinch-owl en kin kep comp'ny wid squinch-owls. "
- I've got a round yellow face and when I laugh my eyes squinch up like little apostrophes.
- Now ef you years me toot twice lak a squinch-owl, you knows dat you got ter go en tell Miss Lou dat
- He larn ter toot lak a squinch-owl frum Marse Scoville en he tole me dat when he come agin he toot.
- "Now, Miss Lou," whispered Chunk, "I gwine ter wake Marse Scoville up by tootin 'lak a squinch-owl," and he did so briefly.
- Marse Scoville didn't come back fum dat las 'fight, he say, en he say ter me dat ef he toot twiced lak a squinch-owl dat mean I go ter you, fer he need yo' he'p.
- Well, you have to squinch your eyes up to see them from 289, but it's two guys who are tied at 197 and no doubt will be in physical contact with each other Sunday night: Redskins linebacker London Fletcher and Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.
- He looked at me without speaking, for what seemed like forever, then at a chair, which soon started rolling slowly towards me while Pete continued to stare at it, straining so hard it made creases like the Grand Canyon in his forehead and squinch wrinkles around his eyes.
- Crews, a sports psychologist who studies putting, has found that a key difference between amateurs and pros lies in the left hemisphere, the seat of logic, analysis, verbal reasoning and the kinds of thoughts -- Maybe I should just kind of squinch over a little more to the left -- that you never imagine crossing Tiger Woods's mind.