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Definition: Squinting |
SquintingAdjective1. Having eyes half closed in order to see better; "squinched eyes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "squinting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you see some person with squinting eyes, denotes that you will be annoyed with unpleasant people. For a man to dream that his sweetheart, or some good-looking girl, squints her eyes at him, foretells that he is threatened with loss by seeking the favors of women. For a young woman to have this dream about men, she will be in danger of losing her fair reputation. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: SquintingSynonym: squinched (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Squinting |
| English words defined with "squinting": Cockeye ♦ Squintifego. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "squinting": GIMBLET-EYED ♦ LAMP ♦ MOON-EYED HEN ♦ SWIVEL-EYED. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "squinting": strabotomy. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Squinting is highly esteemed |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | His neighbor stole a squinting look |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Other symptoms may include involuntary winking or squinting of one or both eyes, increasing difficulty in keeping the eyes open, and light sensitivity. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Squinting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 93.07% of the time. "Squinting" is used about 101 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 93.07% | 94 | 33,845 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.95% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.98% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 101 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "squinting": squinched squinting ♦ squinting eye. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
squinting | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "squinting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | أحول العينين (be cross eyed, become cross eyed, cross-eyed, walled). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кривоглед (cockeyed, cross-eyed, skew eyed, squint, squint eyed, strabismic, swivel-eyed), крив (awry, bandy, hooked, wry), изкривен (awry, cockeyed, crooked, curved, hooked, lop-sided, skew, tortuous, wry). (various references) | |
Chinese | 斜眼看 (squint, Squinted). (various references) | |
Danish | skeloejethed (cross-eye, squinting eye), skelen (cross-eye, squint, squinting eye, strabismus). (various references) | |
Dutch | scheel oog (cross-eye, squinting eye). (various references) | |
French | strabique (squint), bigleux (squint). (various references) | |
German | schielend (cockeyed, cross-eyed, leeringly, squint eyed). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פוזל (cock eyed, crosseyed, skew eyed), פזיל" (cast, squint, starbismus). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kancsalság (squint). (various references) | |
Italian | strabismo (strabism, strabismus), strabico (cockeyed, cross-eyed, squint, squinter, strabismus). (various references) | |
Manx | slydagh (cursory, disingenuous, leer), cam-hooillagh (cross-eyed). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | intingsquay.(various references) | |
Romanian | saşiu (cock eyed, squint, squint eyed, squintingly), cruciş (across, aslant, crossing, crosswise, hostile, slantwise, squint), ceacâr. (various references) | |
Russian | жмуриться прищуривание сощуренный. (various references) | |
Spanish | bizco (boss-eyed, cock eyed, cockeye, cross-eyed, skew eyed, squint eyed). (various references) | |
Swedish | vindögd (be cross eyed, cock eyed, cockeyed, squint, squinteyed). (various references) | |
Turkish | şaşılık (cast in the eye, squint, strabismus), şaşı (boss-eyed, cockeyed, crosseyed, cross-eyed, skew eyed, squint, squint eyed). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | косоокий (cock eyed, cockeyed, cross-eyed, skew eyed, squint, squint eyed, swivel-eyed, wall eyed), підсліпуватий (mope-eyed, purblind, weak-eyed, weak-sighted). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "squinting": squintingly. (additional references) | |
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"Squinting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Quinaig, quintain, quintian, squinnying, squitting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "squinting" (pronounced skwi"nting) |
| 5 | -i" n t i ng | glinting, hinting, imprinting, minting, printing, reprinting, sprinting, unstinting. |
| 4 | -n t i ng | appointing, accenting, accounting, amounting, augmenting, blunting, bunting, cementing, chanting, circumventing, commenting, complementing, complimenting, confronting, consenting, counting, daunting, decanting, denting, disappointing, discounting, disorienting, dissenting, documenting, enchanting, experimenting, fainting, fermenting, fingerprinting, flaunting, fomenting, fragmenting, fronting, granting, grunting, haunting, hunting, implanting, implementing, inventing, lamenting, misrepresenting, mounting, painting, panting, parenting, patenting, pinpointing, planting, pointing, presenting, preventing, ranting, recanting, recounting, reinventing, relenting, renting, repainting, replanting, representing, resenting, shunting, slanting, supplanting, supplementing, surmounting, tainting, taunting, tenting, tormenting, transplanting, unrelenting, venting, wanting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, completing, complicating, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, congratulating, connecting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, firefighting, fitting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fretting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, gloating, graduating, grafting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implicating, importing, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, parachuting, participating, parting, pasting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pirating, pitting, placating, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repeating, replicating, reporting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supporting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, targeting, tasting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unremitting, unseating, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-n-n-q-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: quintins. | |
-2 letters: quinins, quintin, suiting, tunings, uniting. | |
-3 letters: quinin, quints, siting, squint, tining, tuning. | |
-4 letters: intis, quins, quint, quits, sting, stung, suing, suint, tings, tungs, units, using. | |
-5 letters: gins, gist, gits, gnus, guns, gust, guts, inns, inti, nisi, nits, nuns, nuts, quin, quit, sign, sing, snit, snug, stun, suit, sung, sunn, ting, tins, tugs, tuis. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-n-n-q-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: questioning, squintingly. | |
+4 letters: unquestioning. | |
+5 letters: disquantitying, requisitioning. | |
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