squinches

Meanings

Noun

• a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
• plural of squinch

Verb

• crouch down
• draw back, as with fear or pain
• cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

Synonyms

cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, squint, wince