dipping vs squint

dipping

noun
  • The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird. 

  • The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth. 

  • The act of inclining downward. 

  • The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like. 

  • An act or process of immersing. 

  • The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc. 

squint

noun
  • A quick or sideways glance. 

  • An expression in which the eyes are partly closed. 

  • A hagioscope. 

  • A short look; a peep. 

  • The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna. 

  • The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus. 

adj
  • Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted. 

  • askew, not level 

verb
  • To look or glance sideways. 

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

  • To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely. 

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

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

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

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