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squiny

squiny verb: to squint.

Verb

squiny (third-person singular simple present squinies, present participle squinying, simple past and past participle squinied)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To squint.
    • I remember thine eyes well enough. Dost thou / squiny at me?c. 1605–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 4, scene 6

Forms of squiny

third-person singular presentsquinies
present participlesquinying
past participlesquinied
pastsquinied

Questions about squiny

What does squiny mean?
Squiny means to squint.
What part of speech is squiny?
Squiny is a verb.
What is the past tense of squiny?
The past tense of squiny is squinied.

Words near squiny in the dictionary

  1. squintly
  2. squintness
  3. squints
  4. squints like a bag of nails
  5. squinty
  6. squiny
  7. squinying
  8. squinzey
  9. squinzeys
  10. squinzy
  11. squipper

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