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squint

Pronunciation: /skwɪnt/

The English word “squint” has 15 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
  2. To look or glance sideways.
  3. To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
  4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
  5. To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
  6. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
  7. Look askance.

noun

  1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
  2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
  3. A quick or sideways glance; a short look; a peep.
  4. A hagioscope.
  5. The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
  6. An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.

adjective

  1. Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
  2. askew, not level

Etymology

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

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