Definition of squint
1
of an eye
: looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain)
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Origin and Etymology of squint
Definition of squint
1 a
: to have an indirect bearing, reference, or aim
b
: to deviate from a true line
2 a
: to look in a squint-eyed manner
b
: to be cross-eyed
c
: to look or peer with eyes partly closed
: to cause (an eye) to squint
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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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And each West has adopted a completely different facial expression: Kim smizes (or squints) at the camera next to Kanye, who's doing his signature grumpy dad face, while Chicago lies asleep in Kim's arms.
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Cifka squinted through his rifle scope and spotted the men beside a low-slung building some 1,000 yards away.
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John nods meaningfully at Kadir, who slumps against a car and squints at the horizon.
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Those looking for disagreement among the legislators gathered in the Great Hall of the People, a Stalinist building in the heart of Beijing, had to squint to find even the faintest glimmer.
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The crowd, most of them wearing masks, squinted up at the raft of multicolored balloons floating near the ceiling, trying to make out the silhouettes of the coins suspended inside each one.
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Then squinted at our notes, got a calculator out and went into a fever trance.
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Furrowing her brow, cocking her head, and squinting at the piles of donated gear in the back of the Kia, Sonya’s features look like abacus beads sliding into place.
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However, instead of squinting and adjusting your eyes searching for him, the crispness of his delivery and the sharpness of his lyrics is what took center stage.
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First Known Use of squint
1599
Definition of squint
Examples of squint in a Sentence
Her gaze narrowed into a squint.
Recent Examples of squint from the Web
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Their perma-squints are born of concentration, pressure and sunshine.
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But Cincinnati brings a next-level combination of meat and cheese to any Super Bowl (or holiday) spread in the form of [squints, clutches pearls] ... hanky-panks?
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People older than 32 thought squint, jingle, burlesque and pong were hilarious.
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Those naturally wide eyes of Harrelson’s are a long way from the scowly LBJ squint, the one that revealed a politico of wily resolve and charismatic duplicity.
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Many fans showed outrage on social media Friday night as images immediately surfaced of Gurriel making an eye-squint gesture in the dugout after homering off of Darvish, who is half Japanese, during the Astros’ 5-3 win in Game 3.
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The sun forced her eye into a squint and lit up her short red hair.
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Felt, whom Neeson plays mostly via a series of grumpy squints and barely perceptible nose-twitches, begins to suspect something much darker could be afoot, going far beyond a botched attempt to bug the Democratic Party’s election headquarters.
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With a slick wave of hair, handsome squints, pearly white smiles, puckered lips, even rose tosses into the crowd, Royce consistently threatened to slip into cheesy caricature.
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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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