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- [skwint]
- /skwɪnt/
- /skwɪnt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skwint]
- /skwɪnt/
Definitions of squint word
- verb without object squint to look with the eyes partly closed. 1
- verb without object squint Ophthalmology. to be affected with strabismus; be cross-eyed. 1
- verb without object squint to look or glance obliquely or sidewise; look askance. 1
- verb without object squint to make or have an indirect reference to or bearing on; tend or incline toward (usually followed by toward, at, etc.). 1
- verb with object squint to close (the eyes) partly in looking: The baby squinted its eyes at the bright lights. 1
- verb with object squint to cause to squint; cause to look obliquely. 1
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Origin of squint
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400 for earlier adv. sense; 1570-80 for adj. senses; Middle English; aphetic variant of asquint
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Parts of speech for Squint
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
squint popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
squint usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for squint
adj squint
- askant — askance
- cam — a slider or roller attached to a rotating shaft to give a particular type of reciprocating motion to a part in contact with its profile
- cockeyed — If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed.
- disproportional — not in proportion; disproportionate.
- inclinatory — characterized by inclination.
verb squint
- blink — When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.
- get a load of — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- glim — a light or lamp.
- leer — to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me.
- eyeballed — Simple past tense and past participle of eyeball.
noun squint
- druthers — one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
- gander — a town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe.
- glom — to steal.
- headset — Radio, Telephony. a device consisting of one or two earphones with a headband for holding them over the ears and sometimes with a mouthpiece attached.
- look see — a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
adjective squint
- askance — with an oblique glance
- canted — a salient angle.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
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