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Squint

skwɪnt

Squint definitions
verb
squint squinted squinting squints
  1. look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light

    "the bright sun made them squint"

    screw up one's eyes narrow one's eyes look with/through narrowed eyes peer blink
    • partly close (one's eyes) in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light

      "he squinted sleepy eyes against the sudden light"

  2. have eyes that look in different directions

    "Melanie did not squint"

    be cross-eyed have a squint
    • (of a person's eye) have a deviation in the direction of its gaze

      "her left eye squinted slightly"

noun
squint squints
  1. a permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye

    "I had a bad squint"

    cross eyes cast
  2. a quick or casual look

    "let me have a squint"

  3. an oblique opening through a wall in a church permitting a view of the altar from an aisle or side chapel
adjective
squint
  1. not straight or level

    "the squint bottom edge of the puzzle"