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

1. 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
    
2. Crouch down
   "The children squinched down to hide from the monster in the movie"
    
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], grimace, make a face, move, pull a face [informal], stoop

Encyclopedia: Squinch