Noun
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the act of squinting
looking with the eyes partly closed
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abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
Verb
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partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
"The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"
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be cross-eyed
have a squint or strabismus
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cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
"The children squinted so as to scare each other"
Adjective
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(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"
- squint eyed