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squinks

squinks is the plural of squink.

squinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of squink.

Meaning of squink

Noun

squink (plural squinks)

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. An instance of squinking.
    • “Morning!” She did her best squink.1995, Jonathan Evan Maslow, Torrid zone: seven voices from the Gulf Coast, page 253

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Questions about squinks

What is squinks the plural of?
Squinks is the plural of squink.

Words near squinks in the dictionary

  1. squinied
  2. squinies
  3. squink
  4. squinked
  5. squinking
  6. squinks
  7. squinney
  8. squinneys
  9. squinnied
  10. squinnies
  11. squinny

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