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squinting

verb

Meaning

  1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
  2. To look or glance sideways.
  3. To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
  4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
  5. To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
  6. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
  7. The act of one who squints.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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