Usually means: Straining eyes to see clearer.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word squint:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. squint: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. squint: Merriam-Webster
  3. squint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. squint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. squint: Collins English Dictionary
  6. squint: Vocabulary.com
  7. Squint, squint: Wordnik
  8. squint: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. squint: Wiktionary
  10. squint: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. squint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. squint: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. squint: Dictionary.com
  14. squint (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. squint: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Squint (album), Squint (antenna), Squint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Squint: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. squint: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. squint: Rhymezone
  20. squint: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. squint: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Squint: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. squint: FreeDictionary.org
  24. squint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. squint: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Squint (disambiguation), squint: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. squint: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Squint (strabismus): Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  6. Pregnancy & Baby (No longer online)
  7. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  8. Squint (disambiguation), squint: Medical dictionary
  9. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Squint: Castle Terms
  2. squint: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Squint (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. squint, squint: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. squint: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See squinted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
verb:  (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
verb:  (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
verb:  (intransitive, Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
verb:  (transitive) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
noun:  An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
noun:  The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
noun:  A quick or sideways glance.
noun:  (informal) A short look; a peep.
noun:  A hagioscope.
noun:  (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
noun:  (architecture) 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.
adjective:  (Scotland) askew, not level

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