to squint
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3.5
- verb
- /skwɪnt/
:
entrecerrar los ojos
- He squinted as he tried to read the sign that was reflecting the harsh sunlight.
- squint one's eyes
- squint into the sun
You know, like those who squint their eyes and search have obscure vision.
- You know, like those who squint their eyes and search have obscure vision.
- I smile, squint my eyes and do a lot of nodding.
- But if you squint enough, this square kind of looks like an Apple Watch Ultra.
- And if you squint and turn your head what a GPU is, it's just a many core very simple CPU thing, kind of right.
- So let us squint less and say, let's open our eyes and say what to you is an interesting difference between the human brain?
- It's absolutely fine to take pictures, but ideally no flash so we don't squint at you.
Examples
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Smile big with your mouth and then squint your eyes like you got to be kidding me.
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If people turn slightly away from the light source, they will not squint so badly.
Academic text (2004) -
If you squint your eyes, you can see what it use to be.
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I smile, squint my eyes and do a lot of nodding.
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The biggest problem I got is squinting my eyes all day.
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There he was, squinting dead ahead through the spray.
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Joshua turned back to his watch, squinting his eyes against the wind.
Fiction book (1990) -
I stood on a mountain and squinted at other mountains, white ridge after white ridge.
Fiction book (1990) -
They sparkled like diamonds, so bright, you had to squint your eyes just to look at them.
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I move to a passageway with no roof, squinting in the sunlight.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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5.3
To look with partly closed eyes because something is bright or hard to see
Phrasal Verbs
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How Squinty
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Etymology
Squint comes from an old sound-like word squin- for a short, narrow look, which fits the action of half-closing the eyes to see better. So to squint (verb) is to partly close your eyes to cut the light or make things clearer.