Dictionary  squintPronunciation: (skwint), [key] —v.i. 1. to look with the eyes partly closed. 2. Ophthalm.to be affected with strabismus; be cross-eyed. 3. to look or glance obliquely or sidewise; look askance. 4. to make or have an indirect reference to or bearing on; tend or incline toward (usually fol. by toward, at, etc.). —v.t. 1. to close (the eyes) partly in looking: The baby squinted its eyes at the bright lights. 2. to cause to squint; cause to look obliquely. —n. 1. an act or instance of squinting. 2. Ophthalm.a condition of the eye consisting in noncoincidence of the optic axes; strabismus. 3. Informal.a quick glance: Let me have a squint at that paper. 4. a looking obliquely or askance. 5. an indirect reference. 6. an inclination or tendency, esp. an oblique or perverse one. 7. Also called hagioscope. (in a church) a small opening in a wall giving a view of the altar. —adj. 1. looking obliquely; looking with a side glance; looking askance. 2. Ophthalm.(of the eyes) affected with strabismus. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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