Dictionary definition · 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"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).