squint

verb

/skwɪnt/

Etymology

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

Definitions

1
To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening…
To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
- The children squinted to frighten each other.
To look or glance sideways.
To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions
To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
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1. 4
  To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication
  To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
  - Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism.
2. To be not quite straight, off-centred
  To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
3. 6
  To turn to an oblique position
  To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
  - to squint an eye
4. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
5. 8
  The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
  - He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint.
6. 9
  A quick or sideways glance
  A quick or sideways glance; a short look; a peep.
  - —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.
  - "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."
7. A hagioscope.
8. The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array…
  The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
9. An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view…
  An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.
10. Looking obliquely
  Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
11. askew, not level

The neighborhood

synonymskelly
neighborcross-eyed

Derived

squinch, squinter, squizz, squint-a-pipes, squintingly, squinting modifier, squint like a bag of nails, unsquinting, leper's squint, squintless, squinty, squint-eyed, squintly, squintness

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