squint
noun/skwɪnt/
/skwɪnt/
- [countable, usually singular] a condition of the eye muscles which causes each eye to look in a different direction
- He was born with a squint.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bad
- slight
- have
- correct
- [singular] (British English, informal) a short look
- Have a squint at this.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘squinting’, as in squint-eyed): shortening of asquint.
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