Squint is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SQUINT in dictionary:

VERB:
• to look with the eyes partly closed
• 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
• have eyes that look in different directions
• have eyes which face in different directions
• To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.
• To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
• To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
• To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
• To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
• cross one\'s eyes as if in strabismus
• be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
• partly close one\'s eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
• partly close (one's eyes) in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light
• (of a person's eye) have a deviation in the direction of its gaze
NOUN:
• a permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye
• a quick or casual look
• an oblique opening through a wall in a church permitting a view of the altar from an aisle or side chapel.
• Fig.: Looking askance.
• The act or habit of squinting.
• A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
• Same as Hagioscope.
• abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
• the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
• squinting condition of the eye
ADJECTIVE:
• cross-eyed
• not straight or level
• Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
• (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
• crooked

Words related to SQUINT

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Words that contain SQUINT

asquint16 squints16 squinty19 squinted18 squinter17 squinters18 squintest18 squintier18 squinting19 squintiest19 squintings20 squintingly24

How to use SQUINT in a sentence

• I guess you can squint out the valley between the mountains.
• I had another squint to see if anything was visible of the canoes and boats, and then kept on.
• I took a squint through my glass, was pretty sure who it was, and then came like mad.
• Its treasures include a very early Norman font, curious pewter communion vessels, a squint having an almost unique axis, some ancient bench ends and medieval tiles in the chancel.
• Several interesting brasses of the At Moores, and a squint at the back of a recess, or image niche, should be noticed.
• The squint in his left eye became deeper and more guilt-like.
• A huge man with one squint eye and a heavy, square-cut jaw was coming up the walk, followed by a strange-looking dog.
• The present Casembe has a heavy uninteresting countenance, without beard or whiskers, and somewhat of the Chinese type, and his eyes have an outward squint.
• Jack had the advantage of Sponge, for he could stare, or rather squint, at him without Sponge knowing it.
• Better get him down to take a squint at the telephone.
• Now squint, and sight tells you that there are two marbles, while touch asserts that there is only one.
• I observe in the papers lately, new attempts to revive this stale artifice, and that they squint more directly towards you and myself.
• Her black, sparkling eyes, one with a slight squint, appeared in striking contrast to the dull pallor of her face.
• The author has hunted all antiquity like a policeman, and arrested high and low on the least suspicion of a squint.
• I reached for the field glasses and took a squint at them.
• We can all squint towards our noses, but no normal person can turn his eyes away from one another.
• In short, she had a divergent squint of the left eye.
• But the sight of that characteristic squint had at once revived and explained it.
• The eyelids fall back almost completely upon the stiffened gleam of the eyes, which squint in the gray and bony mask.
• Then he gave way for Jack to take a squint through the tube that carried with it a last look at the world of sunlight they were leaving.
• The eyes converge toward the object they examine, at such a point that if the object were there they would squint.
• The church is not particularly noteworthy except for the odd device of avoiding a squint by an extension of the arcading.
• Arrow, a brown old sailor with earrings in his ears and a squint.
• I wonder that I did not contract a squint, for I was obliged continually to look upwards and downwards lest I should cause mischief, and lest mischief should befall me.
• Note the ancient sculpture in the north transept, also the squint and rood-loft steps.
• He must exercise the greatest care in his mission, for should he squint, while the jar is in his possession, the child will be likewise afflicted.

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