- squint´ing|ly
- squint «skwihnt», verb, noun, adjective.–v.i.1. to look or gaze with the eyes partly closed: »
the bright sun made him squint at the sky to see the airplane.
2. to look sideways; glance obliquely or in other than the direct line of vision.3. to glance hastily; peep.4. to be cross-eyed or affected with strabismus.5. Figurative. to have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; incline; tend: »The general's remark squinted toward treason.
6. Grammar. to modify either a preceding or a following word or phrase. Example: In “A man who runs swiftly tires,” the modifier swiftly squints.7. to move, run, or go obliquely.–v.t.1. to hold (the eyes) partly closed, as in a bright light.2. to cause to look sideways or obliquely.–n.1. the act or fact of looking with partly closed eyes: »The fisherman's squint made his eyes hard to see.
2. a sidelong look: »She gave a squint to the handsome young man as he passed by.
3. a hasty or casual glance; peep.4. a tendency to look sideways: »She would be very pretty except for her squint.
6. an oblique or perverse tendency or bent.7. a cross-eyed or wall-eyed condition; strabismus.8. Architecture. a small opening i chancel arch or wall; hagioscope.–adj.1. looking sideways or obliquely; looking askance: »A squint look at the answer.
2. cross-eyed or affected with strabismus: »His squint look improved when he wore his glasses.
╂[short for asquint]–squint´er, noun.–squint´ing|ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
