Definition of Squinting

1. Adjective. Having eyes half closed in order to see better. "Squinched eyes"

Exact synonyms: Squinched
Similar to: Closed, Shut

Definition of Squinting

1. Verb. (present participle of squint) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squinting

1. squint [v] - See also: squint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squinting

squinsies
squinsy
squint
squint-a-pipes
squint-eye
squint-eyed
squint hook
squint like a bag of nails
squinted
squinter
squinters
squintest
squintier
squintiest
squintifego
squinting (current term)
squinting eye
squintingly
squints
squinty
squiny
squinying
squinzey
squinzeys
squirage
squirages
squiralties
squiralty
squirarch
squirarchies

Literary usage of Squinting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of the diseases of the eye and their treatment by Henry Rosborough Swanzy (1892)
"Moreover, if the straight eye be shaded by the surgeon's left hand, and the squinting eye by this means be obliged to fix the object of vision—«. g., ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"Cure of squinting by the Use of Prismatic Spectacles. By T. SPENCER WELLS, FRCS—Dr. KURKE, a Dutch physician, first recommended prismatic spectacles for the ..."

3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"On squinting. Some people squint with one eye only, and never in common vision turn that ... This shows that the squinting eye is not able, or has not been ..."

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