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Definition of squint
1 of an eye : looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain)
2 of the eyes : not having the visual axes parallel : crossed
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Origin and Etymology of squint
Middle English asquint
squint
Definition of squint
intransitive verb
1a : to have an indirect bearing, reference, or aimb : to deviate from a true line
2a : to look in a squint-eyed mannerb : to be cross-eyedc : to look or peer with eyes partly closed
transitive verb
: to cause (an eye) to squint
squinter
nounExamples of squint in a Sentence
She had to squint to read the small print.
He squinted through the haze of smoke.
I had to squint my eyes to focus on the tiny letters.
I noticed that he squints.
Recent Examples of squint from the Web
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The 25-year-old landscaper, clad in a T-shirt and sandals, squinted through his screen door and told them he’d never voted before.
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Out front, a gentleman in a red plaid shirt using a walker paused to squint at Loretta’s sandwich-board sign.
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The man squinted, staring up at the billboard’s great wide empty surface.
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At San Diego’s Pier 13 on Monday, Kentoria Pickett squinted at the sailors manning the rails aboard the Makin Island to locate her husband, Kenneth Pickett II, a Hull Technician 1st Class from Fort Worth, Texas.
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The light had a night-driving effect, forcing us to squint and glossing the stage in a blinding glare, but otherwise didn't seem to serve a purpose.
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Meanwhile, the Babies R Us registry is replacing its current, squint-worthy print with a dashboard that boldly displays details like the number of gifts already purchased for the parent-to-be.
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Festival co-founder Lee Reynolds is still awake and riding high after his midnight set, shouting and chanting at the picturesque cerulean sky with his hair disheveled, voice rasped, and squinting eyes and arms raised high.
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But apart from the question of whether guns really make campuses safer, there are other reasons to squint at college gun laws—even for those who support the concept of campus carry.
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First Known Use of squint
1599
Examples of squint in a Sentence
Her gaze narrowed into a squint.
Recent Examples of squint from the Web
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The left arm rose slowly, the mouth half-open, the eyelids flickering into a squint.
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A squint, a slight shake of the head, a tight little smile, and the deal is made.
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A few months later, Mr. Colbert turned his talk show into an election-year carnival, and Ms. Benanti’s cartoon rendition of Ms. Trump’s pursed lips, photo-shoot squint and Slovenian accent became the fun-house centerpiece.
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First Known Use of squint
circa 1652
SQUINT Defined for English Language Learners
squint
Definition of squint for English Language Learners
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: to look at something with your eyes partly closed
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: to cause (your eyes) to partly close
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: to have a medical condition that makes your eyes unable to look in the same direction
squint
Definition of squint for English Language Learners
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: a condition in which you are looking at something with your eyes partly closed : an act of squinting
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: a medical condition in which your eyes are unable to look in the same direction
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: a quick look
SQUINT Defined for Kids
Definition of squint for Students
squinted
;squinting
1 : to look or peer with the eyes partly closed She squinted to read the small print.
2 : to cause (an eye) to partly close I squinted my eyes in the bright sunlight.
Definition of squint for Students
: the action or an instance of causing the eyes to partly close or of looking at something with the eyes partly closed
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of squint
1: to be cross-eyed
2: to look or peer with eyes partly closed
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