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squint Definition

• (n) abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
• (s) (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"
• (v) partly close one''s eyes; "The children squinted to frighten each other"
• (v) be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus

squint Synonyms

• askance
• askant
• asquint
• cross one's eyes
• sidelong
• squinch
• squint
• squint-eyed
• squinty
• strabismus