Meaning

7 senses
  1. (intransitive)To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

    The children squinted to frighten each other.

    blinzeln, die Augen zusammenkneifen

    щу́ритьсяščúritʹsja, прищу́ритьсяpriščúritʹsja, жму́ритьсяžmúritʹsja

    мружитиmružyty, жмуритиžmuryty

  2. (intransitive)To look or glance sideways.

    schielen

    смотре́ть и́скосаsmotrétʹ ískosa, коси́тьсяkosítʹsja, покоси́тьсяpokosítʹsja

  3. (intransitive)To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.

    schielen

    коси́тьkosítʹ

    cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

  4. (figuratively, intransitive)To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

  5. (Scotland, intransitive)To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

  6. (transitive)To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.

    to squint an eye

  7. Look askance.

    Congress clearly is squinting at the prospect of increased funding for the program.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Tom squints his eyes when trying to read small print.

    ruТом щурится, когда пытается прочитать мелкий шрифт.

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  2. Tom squinted at Mary.

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  3. Are you squinting?

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  4. Tom squinted in the bright sunlight.

    ruТом прищурился от яркого солнца.

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  5. He squinted his eyes in amazement.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight:
Русский
By meaning 3
to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight:
to look or glance sideways:
to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight:
to look or glance sideways:

Origin

Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).

Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).

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Forms

squints, squinting, squinted, squinted
Base formsquint · to squint
3rd person singularsquints
Present participlesquinting
Past simplesquinted
Past participlesquinted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysquint
he, she, itsquints

Past simpleLesson

all personssquinted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave squinted
he, she, ithas squinted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill squint

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cross one's eyes as if in strabismus:squinch

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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