'Squinting' definitions:

Definition of 'squinting'

From: WordNet
adjective
Having eyes half closed in order to see better; "squinched eyes" [syn: squinched, squinting]

Definition of 'Squinting'

From: GCIDE
  • Squint \Squint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squinting.]
  • 1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. [1913 Webster]
  • Some can squint when they will. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
  • Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism. --The Forum. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 5. To look with the eyes partly closed. [PJC]

Definition of 'Squinting'

From: GCIDE
  • Squinting \Squint"ing\ (skw[i^]nt"[i^]ng), a. & n. from Squint, v. -- {Squint"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'squinting'

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