squint vs straight

squint

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. 

noun
  • An expression in which the eyes are partly closed. 

  • A quick or sideways glance. 

  • 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. 

straight

adj
  • Direct, undeviating. 

  • Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets. 

  • Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party. 

  • Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people). 

  • Strait; narrow. 

  • Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable. 

  • Thorough; utter; unqualified. 

  • Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat. 

  • Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic). 

  • Not plus size; thin. 

  • In proper order; as it should be. 

  • Heterosexual. 

  • Serious rather than comedic. 

  • Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others. 

  • Related to conventional sexual intercourse. 

  • Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding. 

  • Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. 

  • Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique. 

  • In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive. 

  • Not using alcohol, drugs, etc. 

  • Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set. 

  • Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward. 

adv
  • Directly; without pause, delay or detour. 

  • Continuously; without interruption or pause. 

  • Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly. 

  • Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line. 

verb
  • To straighten. 

noun
  • A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments. 

  • Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track. 

  • Five cards in sequence. 

  • A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. 

  • A heterosexual. 

  • A normal person; someone in mainstream society. 

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