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What does squint mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word squint? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
  2. (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
  3. (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
  5. (intransitive, Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
  6. (transitive) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
Noun
  1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
  2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
  3. A quick or sideways glance.
  4. A short look.
  5. A hagioscope.
  6. (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
Adjective
  1. (Scotland) askew, not level
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