About The Word Glimpse
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Glimpse
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What's The Definition Of Glimpse?
[n] a quick look
[n] a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake" [n] a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning" [v] catch a glimpse of; see briefly Synonyms | Synonyms for Glimpse: coup d'oeil | glance Related Terms | Find terms related to Glimpse: a little learning | amateurism | behold | blink | cast | cast a glance | catch sight of | clap eyes on | descry | dilettantism | dilettantship | discern | discover | distinguish | espy | flash | gander | glance | glance at | glimmering | glint | half an eye | half-learning | have in sight | imperfect knowledge | ken | lay eyes on | look on | look upon | make out | notice | observe | peek | peep | perceive | pick out | quick sight | rapid glance | recognize | sciolism | see | semi-learning | shallowness | sight | slant | slight knowledge | smattering | smattering of ignorance | smattering of knowledge | spot | spy | squiz | superficiality | surface-scratching | take in | twig | vague notion | view | wink | witness See Also | aspect | eye-beaming | indicant | indication | look | looking | looking at | panorama | prospect | scene | see | side-glance | side-look | view | vista Glimpse In Webster's Dictionary \Glimpse\, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton.
2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary
perception; a quick sight.
Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S.
Rogers.
3. A faint idea; an inkling.
\Glimpse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimpsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimpsing}.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton. \Glimpse\, v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. --Chaucer. |
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