What does squinting mean?
Squinting means present participle and gerund of squint.
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/ˈskwɪntɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of squint.
I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple […]
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Squinting means present participle and gerund of squint.
Common synonyms include shut, closed, squinched.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple […]
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