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• squint´ing|ly — squint «skwihnt», verb, noun, adjective. –v.i. 1. to look or gaze with the eyes partly closed: »the bright sun made him squint at the sky to see the airplane. 2. to look sideways; glance obliquely or in other than the direct line of vision. 3. to …   Useful english dictionary

• squint´er — squint «skwihnt», verb, noun, adjective. –v.i. 1. to look or gaze with the eyes partly closed: »the bright sun made him squint at the sky to see the airplane. 2. to look sideways; glance obliquely or in other than the direct line of vision. 3. to …   Useful english dictionary

• squint — [skwint] vi. [aphetic for ASQUINT] 1. to look or peer with the eyes partly closed, as when the light is too strong 2. to look with the eyes turned to the side; look obliquely or askance 3. to be cross eyed 4. to incline or have a tendency (toward …   English World dictionary

• Squint — Squint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squinting}.] 1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. [1913 Webster] Some can squint when they will. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) To have the axes of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Squint — Squint, means to look with the eyes partly closed. It may also refer to:* Squint, a commonly used alternative name for the medical condition, strabismus * Squint Entertainment record label * Squint (antenna) * Squint, an alternative name for a… …   Wikipedia

• Squint — (skw[i^]nt), a. [Cf. D. schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinsch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. {Askant}, {Askance}, {Asquint}.] 1. Looking obliquely. Specifically: (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; said of the eyes. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Squint — Squint, n. 1. The act or habit of squinting. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) Same as {Hagioscope}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• squint — v., n., & adj. v. 1 intr. have the eyes turned in different directions, have a squint. 2 intr. (often foll. by at) look obliquely or with half closed eyes. 3 tr. close (one s eyes) quickly, hold (one s eyes) half shut. n. 1 = STRABISMUS. 2 a… …   Useful english dictionary

• squint — [[t]skwɪ̱nt[/t]] squints, squinting, squinted 1) VERB If you squint at something, you look at it with your eyes partly closed. [V prep/adv] The girl squinted at the photograph... [V prep/adv] The man squinted up at him... The bright sunlight made …   English dictionary

• squint — squinter, n. squintingly, adv. squintingness, n. /skwint/, v.i. 1. to look with the eyes partly closed. 2. Ophthalm. to be affected with strabismus; be cross eyed. 3. to look or glance obliquely or sidewise; look askance. 4. to make or have an… …   Universalium

• squint — [[t]skwɪnt[/t]] v. i. 1) to look with the eyes partly closed 2) oph to be affected with strabismus; be cross eyed 3) to look or glance obliquely or sidewise; look askance 4) to make or have an indirect reference or bearing (usu. fol. by toward,… …   From formal English to slang