Squint

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight.
  • verb-intransitive. To look or glance sideways.
  • verb-intransitive. To look askance, as in disapproval.
  • verb-intransitive. To have an indirect reference or inclination.
  • verb-intransitive. To be affected with strabismus.
  • v. To cause to squint.
  • v. To close (the eyes) partly while looking.
  • n. The act or an instance of squinting.
  • n. A sideways glance.
  • n. A quick look or glance: Take a squint at this view.
  • n. An oblique reference or inclination.
  • n. See strabismus.
  • n. A hagioscope.
  • adj. Looking obliquely or askance.
  • adj. Squint-eyed.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression
  • v. To look or glance sideways
  • v. To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
  • v. To be not quite straight, off-centred. Most famous is the acclaimed "squinty" bridge in Glasgow. This term may be peculiarly Scottish.
  • n. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
  • n. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus.
  • n. A quick or sideways glance.
  • n. A short look.
  • n. A hagioscope.
  • n. The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Looking obliquely.
  • adj. Looking askance.
  • verb-intransitive. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.
  • verb-intransitive. To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed.
  • verb-intransitive. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
  • verb-intransitive. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
  • verb-intransitive. To look with the eyes partly closed.
  • v. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
  • v. To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
  • n. The act or habit of squinting.
  • n. A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
  • n. Same as Hagioscope.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Looking different ways; characterized by non-coincidence of the optic axes; affected with strabismus: said of eyes.
  • That looks or is directed obliquely; looking askance; indirect; oblique; sinister.
  • n. An affection of the eyes, consisting in non-coincidence of the optic axes; a squint eye; strabismus (which see).
  • n. An oblique or furtive look; a furtive glance; hence (colloquially), a leaning, an inclination: as, he had a decided squint toward democracy.
  • n. In architecture, an oblique opening through the walls of some old churches, usually having for its object to enable a person in the transepts or aisles to see the elevation of the host at the high altar.
  • To look askew, or with the eyes differently directed; look askance.
  • To be affected with strabismus.
  • To run or be directed obliquely; have an indirect reference or bearing.
  • To render squint or oblique; affect with strabismus.
  • To turn, cast, or direct obliquely.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
  • adj. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
  • n. the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
  • n. abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
  • v. cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
  • v. partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
    • Equivalent
    indirect   
    Verb Form
    squinted    squinting    squints   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    look    looking    looking at    grimace    make a face    pull a face   
    Cross Reference
    peek    refer    tend    squint quoin    convergent squint    braid's squint   
    Variant
    hagioscope   
    Form
    squinted    squinting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    strabismus    peek    reference    inclination    tendency   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clint    Flint    Schwindt    clint    dint    flint    glint    hint    imprint    lint   
    Same Context
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