squint
2
6.8
- noun
- /skwɪnt/
- Specialized
:
estrabismo
- After years of squinting, her squint became more pronounced, making her eyes look uneven.
- a slight squint
- a permanent squint
- a perpetual squint
Examples
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His persistent squint made it clear that he was struggling to see in the bright sunlight.
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"It's his eyes that give him away, hard and dark as roasted coffee beans and set in a perpetual squint."
Fiction book (1996) -
My eyes are set in a permanent squint.
Fiction book (2000) -
Pressure in my face muscles from the permanent squint I'm wearing to keep the sun out of my eyes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her eyes have narrowed into a squint, as if to say: "We might have a good thing going here."
Fiction book (2001) -
One eye, her brown eye, was half-hooded, giving her the look of a perpetual squint.
Fiction book (2002) -
Carl knew his grandson saw him as old, with hair and beard mostly gone to gray, face and hands tanned a leathery brown, and eyes creased into a perpetual squint from years spent on the bright, reflective ice.
Fiction book (1999) -
The doctor noted the child had a noticeable squint that could affect his vision if not treated.
Synonyms
1
5.8
One or both eyes turn inward toward the nose
1
9.8
A problem in which one or both eyes do not point the same way
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Squint as a noun comes from the same old sound-like root squin- for a narrowed look, and over time it was used by doctors to name the condition when the eyes do not line up. So a squint is the medical name for eyes that point in different directions.