squint

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Synonyms: squirt, squink, quint, squiny, squit, asquint, suint

Antonyms: squirt, squink, quint, squiny, squit, asquint, suint

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Verb

1. {{senseid|en|to look with narrowed eyes}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[look]] with the [[eye]]s [[partly]] closed, as in [[bright]] [[sunlight]], or as a threatening expression.
2. {{senseid|en|to look sideways}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} To look or [[glance]] [[sideways]].
3. {{senseid|en|to look with crossed eyes}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} To look with, or have eyes that are [[turn]]ed in [[different]] [[direction]]s; to suffer from [[strabismus]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|figurative}} To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive|Scotland}} To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
7. [[look askance|Look askance]].

Noun

1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in [[strabismus]].
3. {{senseid|en|quick or sideways glance}} {{lb|en|informal}} A [[quick]] or sideways glance; a short [[look]]; a [[peep]].
4. A [[hagioscope]].
5. {{lb|en|radio transmission}} The angle by which the [[transmission]] signal is offset from the [[normal]] of a [[phased array]] [[antenna]].
6. {{lb|en|architecture}} An [[opening]], often [[arched]], through an internal wall of a [[church]], providing an [[oblique]] view of the [[altar]].

Adjective

1. Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
2. {{lb|en|Scottish}} [[askew]], not level

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