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SQUINT definition: 1. to partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly: 2. If a person or an eye squints, the…. Learn more.
1. a. : to have an indirect bearing, reference, or aim. b. : to deviate from a true line. 2. a. : to look in a squint-eyed manner. b. : to be cross-eyed. c. : to look or peer with eyes partly closed.
Definitions of squint. verb. partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light. “The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield”. see more. verb. cross one's eyes as if in strabismus. “The children squinted so as to scare each other”. synonyms: squinch.
verb (used without object) to look with the eyes partly closed. Ophthalmology. to be affected with strabismus; be cross-eyed. to look or glance obliquely or sidewise; look askance. to make or have an indirect reference to or bearing on; tend or incline toward (usually followed by toward, at, etc.).
9 meanings: 1. to cross or partly close (the eyes) 2. to have a squint 3. to look or glance sideways or askance 4. → the.... Click for more definitions.
The eye & surrounding area. squint. noun [ C ] us / skwɪnt / uk / skwɪnt / squint noun [C] (EYES)
[intransitive, transitive] to look at something with your eyes partly shut in order to keep out bright light or to see better. to squint into the sun. She was squinting through the keyhole. He squinted at the letter in his hand. The driver had to squint against the sun to see where he was going.
