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squinty

[skwin-tee]

squint·y

[skwin-tee]
adjective
characterized by or having a squint.

Origin:
1590–1600; squint + -y1

squint·i·ness, noun
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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squint (skwɪnt)
 
vb
1.  (usually intr) to cross or partly close (the eyes)
2.  (intr) to have a squint
3.  (intr) to look or glance sideways or askance
 
n
4.  the nontechnical name for strabismus
5.  the act or an instance of squinting; glimpse
6.  Also called: hagioscope a narrow oblique opening in a wall or pillar of a church to permit a view of the main altar from a side aisle or transept
7.  informal a quick look; glance
 
adj
8.  having a squint
9.  informal crooked; askew
 
[C14: short for asquint]
 
'squinter
 
n
 
'squinty
 
adj

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