squint
/skwɪnt/ verb C2- To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression. · The children squinted to frighten each other.
- To look or glance sideways.
- To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
- To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
- To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely. · to squint an eye
- Look askance. · Congress clearly is squinting at the prospect of increased funding for the program.
He/she/it squints · Past squinted · Past participle squinted · -ing form squinting
Verb forms
- Base form
- squint
- He/she/it
- squints
- Past
- squinted
- Past participle
- squinted
- -ing form
- squinting
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