SQUINTING

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S(1) Q(10) U(1) I(1) N(1) T(1) I(1) N(1) G(2)

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Definition

verb

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 be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

noun