squint
squint/skwint/
verb
- look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light."the bright sun made them squint"synonyms: screw up one's eyes, narrow one's eyes, peer, blink, squinny
- have eyes that look in different directions."Melanie did not squint"synonyms: be cross-eyed, have a squint, be skelly, suffer from strabismus, be strabismic, be boss-eyed
noun
- a permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye."I had a bad squint"synonyms: cross-eyes, boss-eye, strabismus
- a quick or casual look."let me have a squint"synonyms: look, glance, peep, peek, glimpse, view, examination, study, inspection, scan, sight, eyeful, dekko, butcher's, gander, look-see, once-over, shufti, recce, geek, squiz, Jack Nohi
- an oblique opening through a wall in a church permitting a view of the altar from an aisle or side chapel.
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What does it mean when someone has a squint?
A squint is when a person's eyes do not align properly but look in different directions. People may also refer to it as “strabismus”. It often affects children but can occur at any age. Corrective lenses and other treatments can help. Strabismus can be constant or intermittent.
What is a squint?
A squint is when one eye wanders or turns, so that it does not work properly with the other eye. The eye may turn inwards, outwards, or (more rarely) upwards or downwards. The eye may turn all of the time or it may only be noticeable when tired or concentrating. The technical term for a squint is strabismus.
What does squint eye mean in slang?
looking obliquely or askance. manifesting a malicious, envious, or spiteful attitude or disposition: squint-eyed with vengefulness and blind to reason.
What does it mean when someone squints at you?
Sixty-seven percent of the time the openness of the eye was a primary sign of emotion, with wide eyes signaling fear, surprise, awe and squinted eyes signaling opposite sentiments such as disgust, anger, and hate. In all, humans have the capacity to make about 3.7 x 1016 different facial expressions."
The meaning of SQUINT is looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain). How to use squint in a sentence.
to partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly: The sun was shining straight in her eyes and made her squint.
adjective · looking obliquely; looking with a side glance; looking askance. · Ophthalmology. (of the eyes) affected with strabismus.
Squinting is the action of looking at something with partially closed eyes. A man squinting on a sunny day. Squinting is most often practiced by people who ...
9 senses: 1. to cross or partly close (the eyes) 2. to have a squint 3. to look or glance sideways or askance 4. → the.... Click for more definitions.
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to partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly: The sun was shining straight in her eyes and made her squint.
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A squint is when a person's eyes do not align properly but look in different directions. People may also refer to it as “strabismus”.
/skwɪnt/ · verb. partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light · verb. cross one's eyes as if in strabismus · verb. be cross-eyed; have a squint ...
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SQUINT meaning: 1 : to look at something with your eyes partly closed; 2 : to cause (your eyes) to partly close.
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