SQUINTS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

Example: her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; sidelong glances

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

abnormal alignment of one or both eyes

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

the act of squinting

Example: looking with the eyes partly closed

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

be cross-eyed

Example: have a squint or strabismus

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

Example: The children squinted so as to scare each other

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light

Example: The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield