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squint

(intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.

to squint an eye
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

The children squinted to frighten each other.
Origin: Derived from asquint. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Squint Region Mag (Cold Resistant) Empty Stomach Penalty: EXP Earned -15% Wish List: Light Stia Scallop Point Rate +200% N-Grinder, Trois De Launcher Point Rate +50%”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “if scraping through an english lit degree taught me anything, it's that everything is about death if you squint hard enough delighted to be cohosting this writing workshop with the wonderful @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com at A MAZE next week. see you in workshop room 2”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(intransitive) To look or glance sideways.

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  • “If you look closely, you can see I’m not doing that. You doing even need to squint.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/04/22/1 “And, if you squint your eyes just right, you can see the zork in the Earth.””

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “If you squint hard enough, the butter emoji kinda looks like a gold bar~ 🐍 + 🐉 = 🧈🧈🧈”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “if you squint this is a clear Odo/Show riff but Tachyon really pushes this in both the pre choruses (ESPECIALLY the second one that is just 100% Ao for whatever reason)”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I hate that my eyes are getting worse. I can tell they’re getting worse too. The way the little details are blurry and I have to actually furrow my brow and squint all the time making my rbf even worse. I hate this. I’m also getting a feeling it’s affecting my art somehow…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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