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squint

 
Adjective squint has 1 sense
  1. askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong - (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"
    Antonym: direct (indirect, via indirect)
Noun squint has 1 sense
  1. strabismus, squint - abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
    --1 is a kind of abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
    --1 has particulars:
     cross-eye, crossed eye, convergent strabismus, esotropia; walleye, divergent strabismus, exotropia
    Derived form: verb squint2
Verb squint has 2 senses
  1. squint, squinch, cross one's eyes - partly close one's eyes; "The children squinted to frighten each other"
    --1 is one way to grimace, make a face, pull a face
    Derived form: noun squinter1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. squint - be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
    --2 is one way to
    look
    Derived form: noun squint1
    Sample sentence:
    They squint up the hill
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