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squint

DEFINITIONS OF: squint

1

v partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light

“The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield”
Type of:
look
have a certain outward or facial expression

v cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

“The children squinted so as to scare each other”
Synonyms:
squinch
Type of:
grimace, make a face, pull a face
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state

v be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus

Type of:
look
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

n the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed

Type of:
look, looking, looking at
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

n abnormal alignment of one or both eyes

Synonyms:
strabismus
Types:
convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye, esotropia
strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose
divergent strabismus, exotropia, walleye
strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward
Type of:
abnormalcy, abnormality
an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies

adj (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

Synonyms:
askance, askant, asquint, sidelong, squint-eyed, squinty
indirect
not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination
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