Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to squint
Participle: squinted
Gerund: squinting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | squint |
| you | squint |
| he;she;it | squints |
| we | squint |
| you | squint |
| they | squint |
Perfect
| I | have squinted |
| you | have squinted |
| he;she;it | has squinted |
| we | have squinted |
| you | have squinted |
| they | have squinted |
Past
| I | squinted |
| you | squinted |
| he;she;it | squinted |
| we | squinted |
| you | squinted |
| they | squinted |
Pluperfect
| I | had squinted |
| you | had squinted |
| he;she;it | had squinted |
| we | had squinted |
| you | had squinted |
| they | had squinted |
Future
| I | will squint |
| you | will squint |
| he;she;it | will squint |
| we | will squint |
| you | will squint |
| they | will squint |
Future Perfect
| I | will have squinted |
| you | will have squinted |
| he;she;it | will have squinted |
| we | will have squinted |
| you | will have squinted |
| they | will have squinted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | squint |
| you | squint |
| he;she;it | squint |
| we | squint |
| you | squint |
| they | squint |
Perfect
| I | have squinted |
| you | have squinted |
| he;she;it | have squinted |
| we | have squinted |
| you | have squinted |
| they | have squinted |
Imperfect
| I | squinted |
| you | squinted |
| he;she;it | squinted |
| we | squinted |
| you | squinted |
| they | squinted |
Pluperfect
| I | had squinted |
| you | had squinted |
| he;she;it | had squinted |
| we | had squinted |
| you | had squinted |
| they | had squinted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would squint |
| you | would squint |
| he;she;it | would squint |
| we | would squint |
| you | would squint |
| they | would squint |
Perfect
| I | would have squinted |
| you | would have squinted |
| he;she;it | would have squinted |
| we | would have squinted |
| you | would have squinted |
| they | would have squinted |
Imperative
| you | squint |
| we | Let's squint |
| you | squint |
Verbs conjugated like 'squint'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'squint'
squiny,
squirt,
squit,
quiet,
quilt,
quine,
quirt,
quit,
saint,
shunt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).
Sample Sentences
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The children squinted to frighten each other.
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“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache. [1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:]
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Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism. [1887, The Forum:]
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to squint an eye
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Congress clearly is squinting at the prospect of increased funding for the program.