"squinting" in the verb sense
1. squint, squinch
cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
"The children squinted so as to scare each other"
2. squint
be cross-eyed have a squint or strabismus
3. squint
partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
"The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"
"squinting" in the adjective sense
1. squinched, squinting
having eyes half closed in order to see better
"squinched eyes"
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