Find your perfect word!

Definition squint

Etymology

From earlier asquint (“obliquely; with a sidelong glance”, adverb), probably from a- +‎ a word related to Dutch schuinte (“slant; slope”), West Frisian skean (“oblique; sloping; slanting”).

Verb

squint (third-person singular simple present squints, present participle squinting, simple past and past participle squinted)

1. (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
2. (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
3. (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
5. (intransitive, Scotland) 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.

Noun

squint (plural squints)

1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
3. A quick or sideways glance.
4. A short look.
5. A hagioscope.
6. (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.

Adjective

squint

1. Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
2. (Scotland) askew, not level

Results 293 Words with the letters SQUINT

You can also try words with the phrase SQUINT, words starting with the letters SQUINT, or words ending in the letters SQUINT.

Favorites Searches

Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,

Some random searches: Words with the letters JTRXDU, Words with the letters JGGNBU, Words with the letters IBNHX, Words with the letters QOX,