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Raresquinting
The correct spelling is squinting.
How to pronounce squinting
verb
Say it like: Skw-int-ing
The correct spelling is squinting. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression. For example: "The children squinted to frighten each other."
Usage Examples
“The children squinted to frighten each other.”
“to squint an eye”
Meanings
verb
- 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.
noun
- 1.The act of one who squints.
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