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swind

UK/ˈswɪnd/

swind verb: to squint.

Verb

swind (third-person singular simple present swinds, present participle swinding, simple past and past participle swinded)

  1. (UK, dialectal, Lancashire) To squint

Forms of swind

third-person singular presentswinds
present participleswinding
past participleswinded
pastswinded

Origin of swind

From a variant of swint (“to squint”).

Words that rhyme with swind

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Questions about swind

What does swind mean?
Swind means to squint.
What part of speech is swind?
Swind is a verb.
How do you pronounce swind?
Swind is pronounced /ˈswɪnd/ (UK).
What is the past tense of swind?
The past tense of swind is swinded.

Words near swind in the dictionary

  1. Swinchock
  2. swinck
  3. swincked
  4. swincking
  5. swincks
  6. swind
  7. Swindall
  8. Swindalls
  9. Swindell
  10. Swindells
  11. Swinden

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