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Definition of Squint

1. Adjective. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy. "Sidelong glances"

2. Verb. Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus. "The children squinted so as to scare each other"

3. Noun. Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes.

4. Verb. Be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus. "They squint up the hill"

5. Noun. The act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed.

6. Verb. Partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light. ; "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"

Definition of Squint

1. a. Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

2. v. i. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.

3. v. t. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.

4. n. The act or habit of squinting.

5. v. i. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

Definition of Squint

1. Verb. (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To look or glance sideways ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred. Most famous is the acclaimed "squinty" bridge in Glasgow. This term may be peculiarly Scottish. ¹

5. Noun. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed. ¹

6. Noun. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus. ¹

7. Noun. A quick or sideways glance. ¹

8. Noun. A short look. ¹

9. Noun. A hagioscope. ¹

10. Noun. (context: radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squint

1. cross-eyed [adj SQUINTER, SQUINTEST] / to look with the eyes partly closed [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Squint

1. 1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Specifically, not having the optic axes coincident; said of the eyes. To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed. 2. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. Synonym: strabismus. Origin: Cf. D. Schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinisch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. Askant, Askance, Asquint. (10 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squint

squinched squinches squinching squinied squinies squink squinks squinnied squinnier squinnies

squinniest squinny squinnying squinsies squinsy squint (current term) squint-a-pipes squint-eye squint-eyed squint hook

squint like a bag of nails squinted squinter squinters squintest squintier squintiest squintifego squinting squinting eye

Literary usage of Squint

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"squint is not simply a deviation of the visual axis of one eye as defined ... squint is not a muscular defect In over 83 per cent., outward rotation of each ..."

2. The Student's guide to diseases of the eye by Edward Nettleship, William Thomas (1883)
"(4) squint or strabismus exists if the visual axes are not both directed to the same object. A squint may be the result either of ..."

3. Diseases of the Eye: Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1903)
"This form of strabismus is characterized by the power of the squinting eye to follow the movements of the other eye in all directions, the angle of squint ..."

4. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1902)
"The various pupillary changes have been discussed in Chapter II., page 63. Consult also page 591. Concomitant Strabismus or squint •. ..."

5. The Science and art of surgery by John Eric Erichsen (1864)
"squint may arise from a variety of causes ; it not comes on in children ... The treatment of squint must to a certain extent be influenced by its cause. ..."

6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"The operation may fail,— I. From a misapprehension of the cause or pathological condition upon which the squint depends; or we may only discover one factor ..."

7. The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses by William Horatio Bates (1920)
"I showed the patient how to make her squint worse, and recommended that Dr. Gislason treat her by eye education without an operation. ..."

8. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1908)
"HETEROPHORIA AND squint. 128 A. Kinds of Deviation.—Normally a person looking with both eyes fixates the same object with both. ..."

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