GLANCE

glance

Noun

  1. A brief or cursory look.
  2. A deflection.
  3. A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side
  4. A sudden flash of light or splendour.
  5. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
  6. Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
    copper glance
  7. glance coal

Verb

  1. To look briefly (at something).
    She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.
  2. To graze a surface.
  3. To sparkle.
    The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond.
  4. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
  5. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
  6. To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
  7. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.


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