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   Squint

   /skwint/

   

   verb

   • 1. look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light: "the bright sun made them squint" Similar screw up one's eyesnarrow one's eyeslook with/through narrowed eyespeerblinkrare:squinny
   • ▪ partly close (one's eyes) in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light: "he squinted sleepy eyes against the sudden light"
   • 2. have eyes that look in different directions: "Melanie did not squint" Similar be cross-eyedhave a squintbe skellytechnical:suffer from strabismusbe strabismicinformal:be boss-eyed
   • ▪ (of a person's eye) have a deviation in the direction of its gaze: "her left eye squinted slightly"

   noun

   • 1. a permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye: "I had a bad squint" Similar cross-eyesinformal:boss-eyetechnical:strabismus
   • 2. a quick or casual look: informal "let me have a squint" Similar lookglancepeeppeekglimpseviewexaminationstudyinspectionscansightinformal:eyefuldekkobutcher'sganderlook-seeonce-overshuftireccegeeksquizJack Nohi
   • 3. an oblique opening through a wall in a church permitting a view of the altar from an aisle or side chapel.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘squinting’, as in squint-eyed): shortening of asquint.

   Derivatives

   • 1. squinter noun
   • 2. squinty adjective

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