Complete Definition of "squint"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪnt|-ɪnt

Verb
en-verb

  1. intransitive To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight
  2. intransitive To look or glance sideways
  3. intransitive To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus

Translations
trans-top|To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight
Finnish: siristää, siristellä
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German: schielen
Russian: ���и���� (š'úrit's'a) impf, п�и���и���� (priš'úrit's'a) pf; жм��и���� (žmúrit's'a) impf
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trans-top|To look or glance sideways
Finnish: vilkaista (sivu|sivulle)
German: blinzeln
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Portuguese: olhar de soslaio
Russian: �мо��е�� и�ко�а (smotr'ét' ískosa) impf, �мо��е�� �к�адкой (smotr'ét' ukádkoj) impf
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trans-top|To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions
Finnish: katsoa kieroon, karsastaa
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Russian: ко�и�� (kosít') impf
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Noun
en-noun

  1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed
  2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, because of strabismus

#:He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint.

  1. A quick or sideways glance.
  2. A hagioscope.
  3. An offset of transmission from the normal of a phased array antenna.

Translations
trans-top|An expression in which the eyes are partly closed
Finnish: silmä|silmien siristys / siristely
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German: Schielen n
Russian: п�и��� (príš'ur) m
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trans-top|The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, because of strabismus
Finnish: karsastus
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trans-top|A quick or sideways glance
Finnish: vilkaisu
trans-mid
Russian: ко�ой взгл�д (kosój vzgl'ád) m
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trans-top|A hagioscope
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trans-top|An offset of transmission from the normal of a phased array antenna
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Related terms
cross-eyed

Anagrams
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