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Definition of squint noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

squint

noun
 
/skwɪnt/
 
/skwɪnt/
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  1. [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
    verb + squint
    • have
    • correct
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  2. [singular] (British English, informal) a short look
    • Have a squint at this.
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘squinting’, as in squint-eyed): shortening of asquint.

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