squint
Other forms: squinting; squinted; squints; squintingly
You squint when you squeeze your eyes almost shut. If you are trying to see something far away, you will probably squint while you strain your eyes to see more clearly.
When the sun shines brilliantly through the car windshield, the driver will squint, or squeeze her eyes almost shut against the bright light. This is probably a good moment for the driver to grab her sunglasses! You'll squint when a light is suddenly turned on in a dark room, and you might also squint when you're trying to read tiny type on a food label or medicine bottle. The expression on your face, and the action of doing this, are both called a squint as well. Squint comes from the now rare adverb asquint, or "from the corner of the eyes."
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partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light“The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield”
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type of:
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look
have a certain outward or facial expression
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look
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cross one's eyes as if in strabismus“The children squinted so as to scare each other”
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synonyms:
squinch
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type of:
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grimace, make a face, pull a face
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
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grimace, make a face, pull a face
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be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
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type of:
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look
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
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look
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the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
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type of:
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look, looking, looking at
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
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look, looking, looking at
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abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
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synonyms:
strabismus
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types:
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convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye, esotropia
strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose
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divergent strabismus, exotropia, walleye
strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward
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type of:
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abnormalcy, abnormality
an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
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convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye, esotropia
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(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
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