squint
pronunciation
How to pronounce squint in British English:
UK [skwɪnt]
How to pronounce squint in American English:
US [skwɪnt]
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- Noun:
- abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
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- Verb:
- partly close one's eyes
- be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
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- Adjective:
- (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Word Origin
- squint
- squint: [14] Squint is short for the now nearly defunct asquint [13], which may have been based on the ancestor of Dutch schuinte ‘slope, slant’, a derivative of schuin ‘sideways, sloping’. The origins of this are not known.
- squint (adj.)
- 1570s, "looking different ways; looking obliquely," shortened form of asquint (adv.). Meaning "looking indirectly" is from 1610s.
- squint (v.)
- 1590s, from squint (adj.). Related: Squinted; squinting.
- squint (n.)
- "non-coincidence of the optic axes," 1650s, from squint (adj.). Meaning "sidelong glance" is from 1660s.
Example
- 1. She 'd already appropriated her mother 's squint .
- 2. But after the first injection , diaz continued to move , squint and grimace as he tried to mouth words .
- 3. If you squint , herbie the love bug is sporting a hitler mustache .
- 4. He found mirror-light odd and flat ; he would squint in the paint , as if it hurt him .
- 5. The relationship between orthoptic training and adult squint operation .