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Glance Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Glance?
[n] a quick look
[v] rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts" [v] throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "glint" is archaic; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting" Synonyms | Synonyms for Glance: carom | coup d'oeil | glimpse | glint | peek Related Terms | Find terms related to Glance: aid to navigation | alarm | amber light | attouchement | avert | balefire | be bright | beacon | beacon fire | beam | bear off | beat the drum | bedazzle | bell | bell buoy | blaze | blaze of light | blind | blink | blinker | blue peter | bounce | breath | brush | brush by | buff | buoy | burn | burnish | careen | caress | carom | cast | cast a glance | caution light | come in contact | contact | contingence | coruscate | coruscation | cutaneous sense | dap | daze | dazzle | dekko | diffuse light | dip | draw aside | ease off | edge off | exchange colors | facula | feel | feeling | fingertip caress | finish | flag | flag down | flame | flare | flash | flick | flicker | fly off | fog bell | fog signal | fog whistle | foghorn | fulgurate | furbish | gander | gee | give a signal | give light | give the nod | glance | glance at | glance off | glare | glaze | gleam | gleam of light | glimmer | glimpse | glint | glisten | glitter | gloss | glow | go light | go off | gong buoy | graze | green light | hail | hail and speak | half an eye | half-mast | hand-mindedness | haw | head off | heliograph | high sign | hit | hoist a banner | impinge | impingement | impingence | incandesce | international alphabet flag | international numeral pennant | jib | kick | kiss | lambency | lap | leer | lick | light touch | look | luster | make a sign | make way for | marker beacon | move aside | nod | nudge | osculate | osculation | parachute flare | peek | peep | pilot flag | poke | police whistle | polish | quarantine flag | quick sight | radiate | radio beacon | raise a cry | rapid glance | rebound | red flag | red light | reflect | ricochet | rocket | Roman candle | rub | sailing aid | salute | scan | scintillate | scintillation | scour | scrape | semaphore | semaphore flag | semaphore telegraph | send out rays | sense of touch | shave | sheer off | shimmer | shine | shine brightly | shoot | shoot out rays | shove aside | shunt | shy | shy off | side | sidestep | sideswipe | sidetrack | sidle | sign | signal | signal beacon | signal bell | signal fire | signal flag | signal gong | signal gun | signal lamp | signal light | signal mast | signal post | signal rocket | signal shot | signal siren | signal tower | signalize | skim | skip | skirt | slant | sleek | slick | slick down | solar flare | solar prominence | sound an alarm | sound the trumpet | spar buoy | sparkle | speak | squeak by | squiz | steer clear of | step aside | stop light | strike | stroke | sweep | switch | tactile sense | taction | tangency | tap | tentative contact | tentative poke | the nod | the wink | touch | touch lightly | touch upon | touching | traffic light | traffic signal | turn aside | turn away | turn back | twinkle | unfurl a flag | varnish | veer off | watch fire | wave | wave a flag | wave the hand | wax | whisper | white flag | wigwag | wigwag flag | wink | yellow flag See Also | bounce | bound | eye-beaming | look | look | looking | looking at | rebound | recoil | resile | reverberate | ricochet | side-glance | side-look | spring | take a hop Glance In Webster's Dictionary \Glance\, n. [Akin to D. glans luster, brightness, G.
glanz, Sw. glans, D. glands brightness, glimpse. Cf. {Gleen},
{Glint}, {Glitter}, and {Glance} a mineral.]
1. A sudden flash of light or splendor.
Swift as the lightning glance. --Milton.
2. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a
swift survey; a glimpse.
Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. --Shak.
3. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
How fleet is a glance of the mind. --Cowper.
4. (Min.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly
dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as
the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
{Glance coal}, anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of
carbon.
{Glance cobalt}, cobaltite, or gray cobalt.
{Glance copper}, chalcocite.
{Glance wood}, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for
gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. --McElrath.
\Glance\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glancing}.] 1. To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash. From art, from nature, from the schools, Let random influences glance, Like light in many a shivered lance, That breaks about the dappled pools. --Tennyson. 2. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. ''Your arrow hath glanced''. --Shak. On me the curse aslope Glanced on the ground. --Milton. 3. To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. --Shak. 4. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at. Wherein obscurely C[ae]sar"s ambition shall be glanced at. --Shak. He glanced at a certain reverend doctor. --Swift. 5. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle. And all along the forum and up the sacred seat, His vulture eye pursued the trip of those small glancing feet. --Macaulay. \Glance\, v. t. 1. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye. 2. To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly. [Obs.] In company I often glanced it. --Shak. |
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