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squint::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | strabismus |
| Type of | abnormalcy, abnormality |
| Has types | convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye, divergent strabismus, esotropia, exotropia, walleye |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | squinch |
| Type of | pull a face, make a face, grimace |
| Derivation | squinter |
The children squinted so as to scare each other.
squint::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | look |
squint::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | look |
The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield.
squint::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | looking, look, looking at |
Examples of squint
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That's what happens when you squint to the point your eyes are essentially shut.
From the sfgate.com
If you squint your eyes just right, this could almost be a Terry Pratchett book.
From the mattcutts.com
Large enough, just, that it can be used to browse rather than squint at the web.
From the forbes.com
The bright lights no longer cause the majority of eyes to squint and look away.
From the al.com
If you squint you don't see any detail, all you see is the large simple shapes.
From the washingtonpost.com
If you squint, the Narnian ruins resemble Middle Earth's Helms Deep after battle.
From the thestate.com
If you squint just right, you can read some DOS command-line text in the picture.
From the mattcutts.com
With her head downcast and her sideways squint, she hardly engages with anyone.
From the stltoday.com
If you squint your eyes, you can see a watermark in the lower righthand corner.
From the techcrunch.com
- Askance: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
- Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other"
- Strabismus: abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
- The act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
- Be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
- Partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light; "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"
- (squinting) squinched: having eyes half closed in order to see better; "squinched eyes"
- Squint was the 1993 critically acclaimed return of Steve Taylor as a solo artist after his stint as the lead singer of Chagall Guevara. ...
- In a phased array or slotted waveguide antenna, squint refers to the angle that the transmission is offset from the normal of the plane of the antenna.
