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squint

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Verb

  1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
  2. To look or glance sideways.
  3. To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
  4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
  5. To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
  6. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.

Noun

  1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
  2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
  3. A quick or sideways glance.
  4. A short look; a peep.
  5. A hagioscope.
  6. The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
  7. An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.

Adjective

  1. Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
  2. askew, not level

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