squint

  1. Verb.  (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive, Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred. Most famous is the acclaimed "squinty" bridge in Glasgow. This term may be peculiarly Scottish.
  5. Noun.  An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
  6. Noun.  The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus.
  7. Noun.  A quick or sideways glance.
  8. Noun.  A short look.
  9. Noun.  A hagioscope.
  10. Noun.  (context, radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.

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