squink

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short, high-pitched metallic sound
    — Immediately began that shrill and irritating squink-squink-squink.
  2. A cryptid supposedly found in Washington State, the Columbia River sand squink, which has a body like a fox, the head and ears of a jackrabbit, and a bushy tail like a squirrel.
    — The Squink isn't particularly fussy about its diet, but has a great fondness for electric eels.
  3. An instance of squinking.
    — “Morning!” She did her best squink.
动词 v.
  1. To scrunch up, squinch (one's face, nose, etc). transitive
    — "Do it again," he said. "How do you ever squink up your nose like that! Bet you can't do it three times in succession."

词形变化

squinks plural squinks present,singular,third-person squinking participle,present squinked participle,past squinked past

词源

词源 1
Imitative; compare plink, quonk.
词源 2
Imitative; compare plink, quonk.
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