Pronunciations (2)
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/skwɪnt/
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skwɪnt
Verb
To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
Usage- Intransitive
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The children squinted to frighten each other.
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“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
To look or glance sideways.
Usage- Intransitive
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To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
Usage- Intransitive
To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
Usage- Figurative
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Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism.
To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
Usage- Scotland
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To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
Usage- Transitive
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to squint an eye
Look askance.
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Congress clearly is squinting at the prospect of increased funding for the program.
Noun
An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
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He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint.
A quick or sideways glance; a short look; a peep.
Usage- Informal
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—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.
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"Better have a squint yourself," suggested Horace, withdrawing his implement and resigning the position. "Listening posts are more in your line by all accounts, inspector."
A hagioscope.
The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.
Adjective
Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
askew, not level
Usage- Scotland
Adjective
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
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sidelong glances
Noun
abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
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the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
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Verb
cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
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The children squinted so as to scare each other
be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
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partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
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The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield