squinting

Questions about squinting

What does squinting mean?

squinting means "having eyes half closed in order to see better".

How many syllables are in squinting?

squinting has 2 syllables: squin-ting. The stress falls on "squin". In IPA it is /ˈskwɪntɪŋ/.

What is another word for squinting?

Close synonyms include squinched. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is squinting a common word?

squinting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.