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squintings

squintings is the plural of squinting.

Meaning of squinting

Noun

squinting (plural squintings)

  1. The act of one who squints.
    • I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple […]1828, The Harvard Register: no. I-XII, March, 1827-Feb. 1828, page 153

Questions about squintings

What is squintings the plural of?
Squintings is the plural of squinting.

Words near squintings in the dictionary

  1. squinting
  2. squinting like a bag of nails
  3. squinting modifier
  4. squinting modifiers
  5. squintingly
  6. squintings
  7. squintless
  8. squintly
  9. squintness
  10. squints
  11. squints like a bag of nails

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