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Meaning of squint

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  squint
      adj 1: (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" [syn: {askance}, {askant}, {asquint}, {squint},
             {squint-eyed}, {squinty}, {sidelong}]
      n 1: abnormal alignment of one or both eyes [syn: {strabismus},
           {squint}]
      2: the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
      v 1: cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children
           squinted so as to scare each other" [syn: {squint},
           {squinch}]
      2: be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
      3: partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding
         light; "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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