squink
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "Immediately began that shrill and irritating squink-squink-squink."
- "Well, I hear three distinct sounds: a low rumple, followed by a metallic squink […] followed by a mysterious glonk."
- "Edgar heard a click and a squink, and just when he thought the hood was about to pop open, it exploded with a tremendous blast and he was knocked clear across the garage."
- "It stared at the audience with wide white eyes, then tapped the side of its throat, producing a drawn-out metallic squink."
- "The Squink isn't particularly fussy about its diet, but has a great fondness for electric eels."
- "The Sand Squink possesses an amazing ability to generate electric charges by touching the tip of its bushy tail to either of the nubs at the tips of its ears."