squint

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To look or glance sideways
The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna
To be not quite straight, off-centred. Most famous is the acclaimed "squinty" bridge in Glasgow. This term may be peculiarly Scottish
A short look

Give us a squint at her, says I.

The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus

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

A quick or sideways glance
To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression

The children squinted to frighten each other.

An expression in which the eyes are partly closed
A hagioscope
To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus
partly close one's eyes; "The children squinted to frighten each other" be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight
{v} to look obliquely
{a} looking asquint
An offset of transmission from the normal of a phased array antenna
partly close one's eyes; "The children squinted to frighten each other"
Cross-eyed, with the eyes placed so that they seem to look permanently at the nose
an angled slit in a wall allowing a view of the high altar from outside the sanctuary
Observation hole in wall or room
be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
{s} looking at sideways; cross-eyed (Ophthalmology)
abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
Looking askance
A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus
To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something
To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed
Same as Hagioscope
Looking obliquely
If you squint at something, you look at it with your eyes partly closed. The girl squinted at the photograph The bright sunlight made me squint He squinted his eyes and looked at the floor
To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance
The act or habit of squinting
To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes
(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"
Specifically Med
{f} look at with the eyes half-closed; glance sideways; be cross-eyed (Ophthalmology)
To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye
If someone has a squint, their eyes look in different directions from each other
The lay term for strabismus
The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, because of strabismus
To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely
{i} act of squinting; sideways glance; state of being cross-eyed, strabismus (Ophthalmology)
not having the optic axes coincident; said of the eyes
squint like a bag of nails
To squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails

The Earl stood back.'You may judge for yourself,' he said dryly. 'Miss Taverner, little though he may have recommended himself to you, I must beg leave to present my brother, Captain Audley.'.

squint-eyed
affected by strabismus
squint-eyed
cross-eyed; wicked, evil
squint-eyed
(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"
squinty
sidelong
squinty
Afflicted with a squint
squinting
having eyes half closed in order to see better; "squinched eyes"
A squint
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One who squints
squinter
{i} one who looks at with the eyes half-closed; one who glances sideways; one who is cross-eyed (Ophthalmology)
squinter
a person with strabismus
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present participle of squint
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third-person singular of squint
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plural of squint
squinty
{s} askance, sideways
squinty
(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"
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