SQUINT


Meaning of SQUINT in English

■ verb

1》 look at someone or something with partly closed eyes.

↘partly close (one's eyes).

2》 have a ~ affecting one eye.

■ noun

1》 a permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye.

2》 informal a quick or casual look.

3》 an oblique opening through a wall in a church permitting a view of the altar.

■ adjective chiefly Scottish not straight or level.

Derivatives

~er noun

~y adjective

Origin

C16: shortening of a~ .

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