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Squint

//skwɪnt// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
  2. 2
    askew, not level Scotland
Adjective
  1. 1
    (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
  2. 2
    the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed wordnet
  3. 3
    The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.

    "He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint."

  4. 4
    abnormal alignment of one or both eyes wordnet
  5. 5
    A quick or sideways glance.
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  1. 6
    A short look; a peep. informal

    "—And here she is, says Alf, that was giggling over the Police Gazette with Terry on the counter, in all her warpaint. —Give us a squint at her, says I."

  2. 7
    A hagioscope.
  3. 8
    The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
  4. 9
    An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.
Verb
  1. 1
    To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression. intransitive

    "The children squinted to frighten each other."

  2. 2
    cross one's eyes as if in strabismus wordnet
  3. 3
    To look or glance sideways. intransitive
  4. 4
    partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light wordnet
  5. 5
    To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus. intransitive
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  1. 6
    be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus wordnet
  2. 7
    To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something. figuratively, intransitive

    "Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism."

  3. 8
    To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. Scotland, intransitive
  4. 9
    To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely. transitive

    "to squint an eye"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).

Etymology 2

Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).

Etymology 3

Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).

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