squint

Meanings

Plural: squints

Noun

• abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
• the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
• An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
• The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
• A quick or sideways glance.
• A short look; a peep.
• A hagioscope.
• The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
• An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.

Verb

• cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
  • "The children squinted so as to scare each other"
• be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
• partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
  • "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"
• To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
• To look or glance sideways.
• To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
• To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
• To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
• To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.

Adjective Satellite

• (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; - Elizabeth Bowen

Adj

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

Synonyms

askance, askant, asquint, sidelong, skelly, squinch, squint-eyed, squinty, strabismus

Related Words

cross-eyed

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