squint
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
- 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 be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
- To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
Noun
- An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
- The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
- A quick or sideways glance.
- A short look; a peep.
- A hagioscope.
- The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
- An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.
Adjective
- Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
- askew, not level
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