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noun
- 1. a person who moans or complains: "I'm gonna stop being a such a squinny and start being more positive"
verb
- 1. cry; weep: "I'm getting a piercing later and I've just squinnied over a paper cut"
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noun. : squint. squinny adjective. Did you know? "I remember thine eyes well enough. Dost thou squiny at me?" So asks Shakespeare's mad King Lear of blind Gloucester, marking the first known use of the verb squinny. It is likely that Shakespeare formed the word from an earlier English word squin, meaning "with the eye directed to one side."
3 meanings: 1. to squint or peer 2. squinting dialect unsuitably thin, underweight, or poorly formed.... Click for more definitions.
Define squinny. squinny synonyms, squinny pronunciation, squinny translation, English dictionary definition of squinny. vb , squinnies , squinnying or squinnied to squint or peer adj , squinnier or squinniest squinting adj , squinnier or squinniest dialect unsuitably thin,...
Squinny definition: to squint.. See examples of SQUINNY used in a sentence.
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There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun squinny. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in south-eastern English regional dialect.
Synonyms for SQUINNY: squint, glare, gaze, stare, leer, gape, ogle, coup d'oeil, side-glance, glimpse
Squinny definition, to squint. See more. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Oct 24, 2023 · squinny (third-person singular simple present squinnies, present participle squinnying, simple past and past participle squinnied) (intransitive) To squint.
