squint

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To look at something with your eyes partly closed, often because of bright light or to see better.

   She squinted at the screen, trying to read the tiny print.

2. 2
   noun

   A condition in which the eyes point in different directions.

   He had a slight squint that he corrected with surgery as a child.

3. 3
   noun

   A quick or sideways glance.

   Give us a squint at that photo you just took.

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

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