2syllables
squinting
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Definitions ofsquinting
1verb
- To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
Example: "The children squinted to frighten each other."
- To look or glance sideways.
- To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
- To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
- To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
- To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
Example: "to squint an eye"
1noun
- The act of one who squints.
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