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squinnying

squinnying is the present participle and gerund of squinny.

Meaning of squinny

Verb

squinny (third-person singular simple present squinnies, present participle squinnying, simple past and past participle squinnied)

  1. (intransitive) To squint.
    • Those who had equipped themselves with a price list were forced into the crude necessity of asking the drinkers to move so as to get some distance on the martyrs or to squinny at the numbered labels.1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 230

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Questions about squinnying

What is squinnying the present participle and gerund of?
Squinnying is the present participle and gerund of squinny.

Words near squinnying in the dictionary

  1. squinney
  2. squinneys
  3. squinnied
  4. squinnies
  5. squinny
  6. squinnying
  7. squinsies
  8. squinsy
  9. squint
  10. squint like a bag of nails
  11. squint-a-pipes

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