squint
[adjective]
Synonyms: crooked, askew, aslant, awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff (informal)

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Antonyms: goggle
Related Idioms: look asquint, screw up one's eyes

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I. squint¹ /skwɪnt/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: squint (of the eyes) 'looking in different directions' (16-21 centuries), from asquint 'across, obliquely' (13-19 centuries)]

1. to look at something with your eyes partly closed in order to see better:
Anna squinted in the sudden bright sunlight.
squint at
Stop squinting at the screen – put your glasses on.

2. [not in progressive] British English to have each eye looking in a slightly different direction

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II. squint² noun [singular]

1. especially British English a condition of your eye muscles that makes each eye look in a slightly different direction

2. have/take a squint at something British English informal to look at something

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squint
noun
ADJ. bad | slight
VERB + SQUINT have | correct A squint can sometimes be corrected by an eyepatch.
SQUINT + NOUN surgery

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