sken

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/skɛn/

verb

to squint

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Meanings

verbsken (third-person singular simple present skens, present participle skenning, simple past and past participle skenned)

present singular third person skens · participle present skenning · participle past skenned · past skenned

  1. Northern Englishto squint

    He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass.

    1861, Edwin Waugh, The Birtle Carter's Tale About Owd Bodle
    1 more example

    She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor.

    1989, Marie Joseph, A World Apart, page 344
  2. Northern Englishto glance

Origin

Obscure origin, possibly related to askance.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sken

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Cite this entry
APA

sken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sken

MLA

“sken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sken. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sken,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sken.

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