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squint

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squint in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. (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"
    askance  askant  asquint  squint  squint-eyed  squinty  sidelong 
verb
  1. cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
    "The children squinted so as to scare each other"
    squint  squinch 
  2. partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
    "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"
    squint 
  3. be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
    squint 
noun
  1. the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
    squint 
  2. abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
    strabismus  squint 
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