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squint adj : (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong] n : abnormal alignment of one or both eyes [syn: strabismus]

Verb

1 partly close one's eyes; "The children squinted to frighten each other" [syn: squinch, cross one's eyes]

2 be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus

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English

Pronunciation

/skwɪnt/
Rhymes: -ɪnt

Verb

To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight
To look or glance sideways
To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus
intransitive Scottish To be not quite straight, off-centred. Most famous is the acclaimed "squinty" bridge in Glasgow. This term may be peculiarly Scottish.

Translations

To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight

Finnish: siristää, siristellä
German: schielen
Russian: щуриться (š'úrit's'a) , прищуриться (priš'úrit's'a) ; жмуриться (žmúrit's'a)

To look or glance sideways

Finnish: vilkaista (sivulle)
German: blinzeln
Portuguese: olhar de soslaio
Russian: смотреть искоса (smotr'ét' ískosa) , смотреть украдкой (smotr'ét' ukádkoj)

To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions

Finnish: katsoa kieroon, karsastaa
Russian: косить (kosít')

Noun

An expression in which the eyes are partly closed
The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, because of strabismus

He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint.
A quick or sideways glance.
A hagioscope.
An offset of transmission from the normal of a phased array antenna.