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1. Having eyes half closed in order to see better
   "squinched eyes";
   - squinting

1. Crouch down
    
2. Draw back, as with fear or pain
   "she squinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf";
   - flinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail, blench
    
3. Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
   "The children squinched so as to scare each other";
   - squint

See also: closed, shut

Type of: bend, bow[2], crouch, grimace, make a face, move, pull a face, scrooch [US], stoop

Encyclopedia: Squinch