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squint en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /skwɪnt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).

Meanings

  1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
  2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
    • He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint.
  3. (informal) A quick or sideways glance; a short look; a peep.
    • —And here she is, says Alf, that was giggling over the Police Gazette with Terry on the counter, in all her warpaint. —Give us a squint at her, says I. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
    • "Better have a squint yourself," suggested Horace, withdrawing his implement and resigning the position. "Listening posts are more in your line by all accounts, inspector." 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
  4. A hagioscope.
  5. (qualifier:radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
  6. An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.

Forms

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squints Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

squinty · leper's squint · squintless

Translations (37)

nl gluren (expression in which the eyes are partly closed) · ru косо́й взгля́д (quick or sideways glance) · hu hunyorgás (expression in which the eyes are partly closed) · bg бегъл поглед (quick or sideways glance) · pl zmrużenie (expression in which the eyes are partly closed) · ota شاشیلق (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · nl scheelkijken (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · fr strabisme (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · bg кривогледство (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · pl zez (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · ml കോങ്കണ്ണ് (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · pt estrabismo (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · fr plissement des yeux (expression in which the eyes are partly closed) · fi silmät sirrissä (expression in which the eyes are partly closed) · de Schielen (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · hu sandítás (quick or sideways glance) · hu hunyorítás (expression in which the eyes are partly closed) · pl mrużenie (expression in which the eyes are partly closed) · tr şaşılık (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · ga fiarshúil (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · fi vilkaisu (quick or sideways glance) · hu bandzsítás (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · es estrabismo (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · ru косогла́зие (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · hu kancsalság (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · fi karsastus (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · cmn 斜視 /斜视 (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · ru при́щур (expression in which the eyes are partly closed) · de Schielen (expression in which the eyes are partly closed) · fr coup d'oeil (quick or sideways glance) · pt vesguice (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · oc ulhada (quick or sideways glance) · de Strabismus (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · pt olhar de soslaio (quick or sideways glance) · ja 斜視 (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) · ja 一瞥 (quick or sideways glance) · ja 藪睨み (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)

squint en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /skwɪnt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
    • The children squinted to frighten each other.
    • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  2. (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
  3. (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
  4. (figuratively, intransitive) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
    • Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism. 1887, The Forum:
  5. (Scotland, intransitive) To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
  6. (transitive) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
    • to squint an eye
  7. Look askance.
    • Congress clearly is squinting at the prospect of increased funding for the program.

Forms

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squinted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
squinted Tense=Past lexicographic
squinting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
squints Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

squinch · unsquinting · squizz · squinting modifier · squinter · squint-a-pipes · squintingly · squint like a bag of nails

Synonyms

skew · skelly

Translations (101)

sh жми̏ркати (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · nrf r'garder gare (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · yi מרוזשען (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · fi olla kiero (to be not quite straight) · nl scheelkijken (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · hu sandít (to look or glance sideways) · hu ferdén néz (to look or glance sideways) · nb glire (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · gd spleuchd (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · es mirar de soslayo (to look or glance sideways) · mi kōnewhanewha (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · nn glire (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · ru щу́риться (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · uk жмурити (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · cs mžourat (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · fi siristellä (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · mi keko (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · eo strabi (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · he פָּזַל (to look or glance sideways) · fr loucher (to look or glance sideways) · uk мружити (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · ang sċīelan (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · fr loucher (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · pt olhar de soslaio (to look or glance sideways) · hu kancsalít (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · ru коси́ть (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · nb skotte (to look or glance sideways) · he פָּזַל (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · nrf vaie d'travèrs (to look or glance sideways) · cmn 乜斜 (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · de schielen (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · es entornar los ojos (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · pl mrużyć oczy (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · pt vesguear (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · it socchiudere gli occhi (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · alt јумар (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · cs šilhat (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · ru прищу́риться (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · nn myse (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · ru коси́ться (to look or glance sideways) · sh žmȉrkati (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · fi vilkuilla (to look or glance sideways) · nb myse (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · az qıymaq (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · pt semicerrar os olhos (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · yi זשמורען (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · es entrecerrar los ojos (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · yi פּינטלען (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · bg присвивам очи (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · bg гледам изкосо (to look or glance sideways) · fi karsastaa (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · grc στραβίζω (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · bg кривоглед съм (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · gd fiar (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · ro chiorî (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · sh шки́љити (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · hu hunyorog (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · cmn 斜視 /斜视 (to look or glance sideways) · gd claon (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · ru жму́риться (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · ja 目を細めて見る (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · cmn(to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · nrf vaie d'travèrs (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · vi nheo (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · cs mhouřit (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · ru смотре́ть и́скоса (to look or glance sideways) · hy կկոցել (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · cmn 眯縫 (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · nl loensen (to look or glance sideways) · el αλληθωρίζω (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · fr plisser les yeux (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · nn plire (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · fi katsoa kieroon (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · fi olla vinossa (to be not quite straight) · sv skela (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · ga fiarshúil a bheith ionat (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · de blinzeln (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · sh škíljiti (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · de schielen (to look or glance sideways) · fr louvoyer (to be not quite straight) · de die Augen zusammenkneifen (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · nb plire (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · mi keo (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · ky жумуу (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · mi kārepa (to look or glance sideways) · ru покоси́ться (to look or glance sideways) · es bizquear (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · pl zezować (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · nrf vaie d'travèrs (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · fi vetää kieroon (to turn to an oblique position) · fi kääntää vinoon (to turn to an oblique position) · mi karapa (to look or glance sideways) · sv snegla (to look or glance sideways) · fi vilkaista sivulle (to look or glance sideways) · hu bandzsít (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · it strabicare (to look or glance sideways) · sv kisa (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · ota شاشیلامق (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) · az qıymaq (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · hu hunyorít (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) · fi siristää (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)