Définition anglaise de “squint”

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Définition de "squint" - Dictionnaire Anglais

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squintverb [ I ]

uk /skwɪnt/ us /skwɪnt/

› to partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly:

The sun was shining straight in her eyes and made her squint.

› If a person or an eye squints, the eye looks in a different direction to the other eye, because of a weakness of the eye muscles:

Lili's left eye squinted slightly when she was tired.

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squintnoun [ C ]

uk /skwɪnt/ us /skwɪnt/

squint noun [ C ] (EYE CONDITION)

› a condition caused by a weakness of the eye muscles that makes the eyes look in different directions from each other:

As a child she wore thick glasses and had a bad squint.

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squint noun [ C ] (LOOK)

› informal old-fashioned a quick look:

"The back wheel of my bike doesn't seem straight." "I'll have/take a squint at it if you like."

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(Definition of “squint” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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(Definition of “squint” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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