squint
(skwĭnt)
[Short for asquint.]
verb: squint·ed, squint·ing, squints.
intransitive verb
- To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight.
- To look or glance sideways.
- To look askance, as in disapproval.
- To have an indirect reference or inclination.
- To be affected with strabismus.
transitive verb
- To cause to squint.
- To close (the eyes) partly while looking.
noun
- The act or an instance of squinting.
- A sideways glance.
- A quick look or glance: Take a squint at this view.
- An oblique reference or inclination.
- See strabismus
- A hagioscope.
adjective
- Looking obliquely or askance.
- Squint-eyed.
derivatives
- squint́er
- noun
- squint́y
- adjective
stra·bis·mus
(strə-bĭźməs)
[New Latin, from Greek strabismos, condition of squinting, from strabizein, to squint, from strabos, squinting.]
noun
- A visual defect in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles. Also called squint
derivatives
- stra·biśmal
- adjective
