squink
squink noun: a short, high-pitched metallic sound.
Noun
squink (plural squinks)
- A short, high-pitched metallic sound
- Immediately began that shrill and irritating squink-squink-squink.1937, William Byron Mowery, The Black Automatic, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, →LCCN
- Well, I hear three distinct sounds: a low rumple, followed by a metallic squink […] followed by a mysterious glonk.1996 Peter Mehlman, "The Soul Mate," Seinfeld, Season 8, Episode 2 (aired September 26, 1996), Spoken by Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
- 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, Henry H. Tryon, Fearsome Critters
- The Sand Squink possesses an amazing ability to generate electric charges by touching the tip of its bushy tail to either of the nubs at the tips of its ears.1998, W. Haden Blackman, The Field Guide to North American Monsters, page 144
- An instance of squinking.
- “Morning!” She did her best squink.1995, Jonathan Evan Maslow, Torrid zone: seven voices from the Gulf Coast, page 253
- Okay, I'm going to pick up my car keys very carefully so as to not wake the squinky eye in case it's resting, and I'm going to go out the door and get into the car. You know, though, it's weird, once the squink goes away, you kind of realize that in a way, you sort of liked it. And sort of miss it..2005, Laurie Notaro, We thought you would be prettier: true tales of the dorkiest girl alive, page 188
Verb
squink (third-person singular simple present squinks, present participle squinking, simple past and past participle squinked)
- 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."c. 1912, Carolyn Wells, Marjorie at Seacote, page 40
- “The right hon. gentleman” squinked his eyes until his monocle dented cheek and forehead bones.1944, Jack Jones, The Man David: An Imaginative Presentation, Based on Fact, of the Life of David LLoyd George from 1880 to 1914, page 99
Examples of squink in a sentence
- Edgar heard a click and a squink, and just when he thought the hood was about to pop open, it exploded with a tremendous blast and he was knocked clear across the garage.2006, Dax Herrera, Edgar N Vective: Paranormal Detective,, page 5:
- It stared at the audience with wide white eyes, then tapped the side of its throat, producing a drawn-out metallic squink.2007, D. Harlan Wilson, Dr. identity, or, Farewell to Plaquedemia, Raw Dog Screaming Press, page 91:
- Normally a timid creature, when the sand squink eats the eels it gains both courage and an electric charge;2014, Bathroom Readers' Institute, Uncle John's Facts to Go Modern Mythology:
- The sand squink is an egg-laying creature; its eggs are made of a plastic-like material so as to protect the unborn young within from the mother's electrical discharge.2016, Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, page 90:
Forms of squink
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | squinks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | squinks |
| present participle | squinking |
| past participle | squinked |
| past | squinked |
Origin of squink
Imitative; compare plink, quonk.
Questions about squink
- What does squink mean?
- Squink means a short, high-pitched metallic sound.
- How do you use squink in a sentence?
- Edgar heard a click and a squink, and just when he thought the hood was about to pop open, it exploded with a tremendous blast and he was knocked clear across the garage.
- What part of speech is squink?
- Squink can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of squink?
- The plural of squink is squinks.
Words near squink in the dictionary
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