| Front | squint |
|---|---|
| Back | verb, nounBrE /skwɪnt/NAmE /skwɪnt/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] to look at sth with your eyes partly shut in order to keep out bright light or to see betterto squint into the sun She was squinting through the keyhole. He squinted at the letter in his hand.~ sth When he squinted his eyes, he could just make out a house in the distance. 2 [intransitive] (BrE) (of an eye) to look in a different direction from the other eyeHis left eye squints a little. A squinting eye can be corrected by surgery. 3 [intransitive] to have eyes that look in different directions noun 1 [countable, usually singular] a condition of the eye muscles which causes each eye to look in a different directionHe was born with a squint. 2 [singular] (BrE, informal) a short lookHave a squint at this. |
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