1. (

• squinch

) a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) ;

1. (

• squinch ,

) crouch down ;

2. (

• flinch ,
• squinch ,
• funk ,
• cringe ,
• shrink ,
• wince ,
• recoil ,
• quail

) draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" ;

3. (

• squint ,
• squinch

) cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other" ;