squint
- Verb. (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
- Verb. (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
- Verb. (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
- 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.
- Noun. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
- Noun. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus.
- Noun. A quick or sideways glance.
- Noun. A short look.
- Noun. A hagioscope.
- 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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