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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024squint /skwɪnt/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to look with the eyes partly closed:squinted through the microscope.
- Ophthalmology[not: be + ~-ing] to be affected with a condition in which the eyes are crossed and look in two different directions.
n. - [countable] an act or instance of squinting.
- [uncountable] a condition of the eye in which the eyes are crossed.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squint (skwint),USA pronunciation v.i. - to look with the eyes partly closed.
- Ophthalmologyto be affected with strabismus;
be cross-eyed. - to look or glance obliquely or sidewise;
look askance. - to make or have an indirect reference to or bearing on;
tend or incline toward (usually fol. by toward, at, etc.).
v.t. - to close (the eyes) partly in looking:The baby squinted its eyes at the bright lights.
- Ophthalmologyto cause to squint;
cause to look obliquely.
n. - an act or instance of squinting.
- [Ophthalm.]a condition of the eye consisting in noncoincidence of the optic axes;
strabismus. - Informal Termsa quick glance:Let me have a squint at that paper.
- a looking obliquely or askance.
- an indirect reference.
- an inclination or tendency, esp. an oblique or perverse one.
- Architecture, ReligionAlso called hagioscope. (in a church) a small opening in a wall giving a view of the altar.
adj. - looking obliquely;
looking with a side glance;
looking askance. - [Ophthalm.](of the eyes) affected with strabismus.
- 1350–1400 for earlier adverb, adverbial sense; 1570–80 for adjective, adjectival senses; Middle English; aphetic variant of asquint
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