# squint

> English word · Verb · IPA /skwɪnt/ · frequency rank #37,233

## Definitions
1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
2. To look or glance sideways.
3. To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
5. To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
6. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.

## Etymology
Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).

## Easily confused with
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-suit)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-stunt)
- **stint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-stint)
- **suing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-suing)
- **squire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-squire)
- **squirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-squirt)
- **squish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-squish)
- **squirm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squint-vs-squirm)
- **saint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-squint)
- **squat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squat-vs-squint)
- **squid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squid-vs-squint)
- **shunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shunt-vs-squint)
- **sprint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprint-vs-squint)
- **splint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splint-vs-squint)
- **sequin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sequin-vs-squint)
- **sequins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sequins-vs-squint)

## Common misspellings (9)
`qsuint`, `sqiunt`, `sqquint`, `squinnt`, `squintt`, `squitn`, `squnit`, `ssquint`, `suqint`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/squint