Talk:squint

Latest comment: 5 months ago by Redav in topic NL gluren =/= EN to squint

squints, as mentioned several times on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bones_characters means? 89.15.121.213 18:46, 6 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

"Squints is a term often used by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth to refer to academics who help law enforcement officers when they are "stuck"." [1] Equinox 21:21, 6 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

(U.S.) look askance

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(U.S.): to regard something with disapproval
Congress clearly is squinting at the prospect of increased funding for the program.
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--Backinstadiums (talk) 10:34, 15 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

glance sideways

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Is this meaning a similar to look out of the corner of one's eye? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:36, 31 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

NL gluren =/= EN to squint

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The Dutch word NL “gluren” is, in my view, not a translation of EN “to squint”. NL “gluren” = EN “to peek”.Redav (talk) 15:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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