Squinting meaning : To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression. To look or glance sideways. To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something. 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. The act of one who squints.