squint
/skwɪnt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
Intransitive verb
verb
To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
Intransitive verb
verb
To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
Intransitive verb
verb
To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
Intransitive verb
verb
noun
An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
Example Sentences
- "The children squinted to frighten each other."
- "“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache."
- "Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism."
- "to squint an eye"
- "Congress clearly is squinting at the prospect of increased funding for the program."
- "He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint."