squint
/skwɪnt/
noun
- An act of looking with your eyes partly closed.
- A squint helped her see the bird hiding in the leaves.
- She gave a quick squint at the clock to check the time.
- With a squint, he could just make out the shape in the distance.
- A condition in which a person's eyes do not align properly; a cross-eyed or wall-eyed condition.
- The child was born with a squint and needed glasses to correct it.
- Surgery can often fix a squint in adults.
- The optometrist diagnosed a mild squint in his left eye.
- A quick or brief look.
- He had a squint at the newspaper headlines while waiting for the bus.
- Take a squint at this map and tell me where we are.
- Can I have a squint at your notes? I missed the lecture.
adjective
- Not straight; crooked or askew.
- The picture on the wall is squint; can you straighten it?
- His tie was squint, so I fixed it for him.
- The fence posts were all squint after the storm.
verb
- To look at something with your eyes partly closed, often because of bright light or difficulty seeing.
- She had to squint to read the small print on the menu.
- He squinted through the fog, trying to spot the lighthouse.
- The bright sun made everyone squint as they walked outside.
- To have eyes that look in different directions (a medical condition).
- The baby was born with a tendency to squint, but it corrected itself over time.
- He squinted slightly, giving him a perpetually curious expression.
- The doctor said the child squints because the muscles in one eye are weaker.