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1squint Listen to audio/ˈskwɪnt/ verb
squints; squint·ed; squint·ing
1 [no obj] : to look at something with your eyes partly closed
She had to squint to read the small print. They were squinting into the sun. [=looking toward the sun with their eyes partly closed] He squinted through the haze of smoke.
2 [+ obj] : to cause (your eyes) to partly close
I had to squint my eyes to focus on the tiny letters.
3 [no obj] chiefly Brit : to have a medical condition that makes your eyes unable to look in the same direction
I noticed that he squints.

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