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gimlet-eyed

gimlet-eyed adjective: having a squint.

Adjective

gimlet-eyed (comparative more gimlet-eyed, superlative most gimlet-eyed)

  1. Having a squint.
    Synonyms:
    squint-eyed
  2. Having eyes which are in constant motion; shifty-eyed.
  3. Having piercing eyes, sharp-sighted.
    • 'D—n her gooseberry wig,' said the corporal, when she was out of hearing, 'that gimlet-eyed jade—mother adjutant, as we call her—is a greater plague to the regiment than provost-marshal, ...1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
  4. Having keen vision.

Synonyms of gimlet-eyed

Forms of gimlet-eyed

comparativemore gimlet-eyed
superlativemost gimlet-eyed

Questions about gimlet-eyed

What does gimlet-eyed mean?
Gimlet-eyed means having a squint.
What part of speech is gimlet-eyed?
Gimlet-eyed is an adjective.

Words near gimlet-eyed in the dictionary

  1. Gimenez
  2. Gimenezes
  3. gimeracil
  4. Gimirrai
  5. gimlet
  6. gimlet-eyed
  7. gimleted
  8. gimleting
  9. gimlets
  10. gimletted
  11. gimletting

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