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
intransitive verb
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
transitive verb
: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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Note that no ophthalmologists recommend any amount of glancing or squinting at the eclipse.
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Jimbo Fisher tilted his head back, squinted his eyes slightly, and let out a slight chuckle amusing himself.
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Mike Kotarba took a step back from his easel on Sunday and squinted before dipping his brush in vibrant watercolors and using careful strokes to paint the scene in front of him.
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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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Her father-figure and her nosy downstairs neighbor are both older, but very different, so Papi is duck-footed and squinting, lower lip ever thrust out and Mrs. Applebaum is hunched with a whole body that seems to be one big sigh of resignation.
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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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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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Baker’s eyes draw into a tighter and tighter squint.
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Ba didn’t heed the mess while living and in death his mean squint goes right past it.
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Centered within the geometric setting are images of one or more candles, radiating squint-worthy light.
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The left arm rose slowly, the mouth half-open, the eyelids flickering into a squint.
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In celebration, Brexit secretary David Davis posed dutifully for the cameras, striking a powerful stance, arms ever-so-slightly outstretched, eyes slanted into a powerful, affirmative 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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Meanwhile, Minnette—with his close-crop and affable squint—is the John-Cusack-as-Lloyd-Dobbler stand-in as 13 Reasons Why takes viewers on a gut-wrenching journey through the teen-romance looking glass.
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First Known Use of squint
circa 1652
SQUINT Defined for English Language Learners
squint
verb
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
noun
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.
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of squint
1
:to be cross-eyed
2
:to look or peer with eyes partly closed
Learn More about squint
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