squint

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

   The children squinted so as to scare each other

2. 2
   verb

   partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light

   The driver squinted as the sun hit their windshield.

3. 3
   verb

   be cross-eyed

   have a squint or strabismus

4. 4
   verb

   To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

   The children squinted to frighten each other.

5. 5
   verb

   To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

   Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism.

6. 6
   verb

   To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.

   to squint an eye

7. 7
   noun

   The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.

   He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint.

8. 8
   noun

   A quick or sideways glance; a short look; a peep.

   —And here she is, says Alf, that was giggling over the Police Gazette with Terry on the counter, in all her warpaint. —Give us a squint at her, says I.

Etymology

Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).