Definition of squint

• a. - Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
• n. - Fig.: Looking askance.
• v. i. - To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.
• v. i. - To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
• v. i. - To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
• v. t. - To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
• v. t. - To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
• n. - The act or habit of squinting.
• n. - A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
• n. - Same as Hagioscope.