squinch
noun
1. a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
Definition categories: man–made, arch
verb
1. crouch down
Definition categories: motion, bend, bow, crouch, stoop
2. draw back, as with fear or pain
Similar word(s): cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, wince
Definition categories: motion, move
3. cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
- The children squinted so as to scare each other
Similar word(s): squint