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Meanings of squint in English

Portuguese
estrabismo
Catalan
estrabisme
Wikidata

Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes.

estrabismo
Russian
прищуривание
Wikidata

The action of looking at something with partially closed eyes.

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прищуривание
Synonyms
Examples for "strabismus"
Examples for "strabismus"
1
Purpose: Infantile strabismus is characterized by persistent misalignment of the eyes.
Pubmed
2
Botulinum toxin was used to treat 20 patients with strabismus after retinal detachment surgery.
Pubmed
3
The varieties of strabismus are so common that they will be passed without mention.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
4
Purpose: We evaluated promising new treatment options for strabismus.
Pubmed
5
She kept one eye upon the pan and the other upon the intruder, risking strabismus.
The Drums of Jeopardy
Wikidata

Having the two eyes not looking in the same direction.

Portuguese
olhar de soslaio
Catalan
mig aclucar

Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus.

olhar de soslaio
Usage of squint in English
1
Every year, we squint at Forbesmagazine's list of best-value actors and wonder.
The Irish Times
2
The inventors of this fluted window succeeded in making the heavens squint.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
3
If you squint and look at him another way, he's obviously Hitler.
NY Magazine
4
Before he left the chart-room Mayo took a squint at the barometer.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
5
I might as well take a squint at myself in the glass.
Wild Kitty
6
Now he cranked up the rheostat far enough to make me squint.
Fear nothing
7
Though not bright, the sudden illumination caused my good eye to squint.
Bare Bones
8
His eyes had a periodical squint; his brows wore a persistent frown.
Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross
9
The guide stopped chopping long enough to squint at the fat boy.
The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico; Or, The End of the Silver Tra...
10
Interesting, by the way: every time she laughs, her squint gets worse.
Melnitz
11
But man at best gives it one terrified squint in a lifetime.
Nonsenseorship
12
He had to squint to read the words in the torchlit yard.
A clash of kings
13
She found herself looking into Mildred's squint, and it flickered somewhat ominously.
Mildred Pierce
14
The sunlight caused me to squint while I gazed across the desert.
Desert places: a novel of terror
15
I had to squint to see anything past the ridiculously bright sunlight.
Within arm's reach
16
Hoffman had to squint to see the page in the dim light.
Coalition's End
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Translations for squint
Squint through the time
Squint across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common