squinted

verb

1. 1

   To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

   “The children squinted to frighten each other.”

2. 2

   To look or glance sideways.

3. 3

   To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.

4. 4

   To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

5. 5

   To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

6. 6

   To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.

   “to squint an eye”