squint at

squint at (someone or something)

To purse one's eyelids half-shut while looking at someone or something. If you squint at Sarah, you might just mistake her for her mother. I've been squinting at this fine print for nearly 10 minutes trying to read it all.

squint at someone or something

to look at someone or something with the eyes partly closed. (When squinting, the eyes are partly closed by pressing the upper and lower eyelids toward one another.) Why are you squinting at me? I had to squint at the small print in order to read it.

See also: squint

References in classic literature ?

Well, anyway, at the end of the half-hour down she came again and took a good squint at me.

View in context

We are in a banker's-parcel case just at present, and I have been down the road taking as squint at the scene of action, and thereupon must have a word or two with our client.

View in context

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But after a quick squint at Irene, Chloe and Judy, worrying about wrinkles isn't going to be high on their list of priorities just yet.

Specs put in shade

Diners in Da Luciano''s Glasshouse have, on the occasions that the sun actualy shines, been forced to squint at each other in the dining area thanks to the walls being made of pounds 500,000 worth of four inch thick glass.