Glance

Definition:

  • (n.) A sudden flash of light or splendor.
  • (n.) A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
  • (n.) An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
  • (n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
  • (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
  • (v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced".
  • (v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
  • (v. i.) To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.
  • (v. i.) To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
  • (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.
  • (v. t.) To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.

Compare glance with other words:

glance vs. glanced

elance vs. glance

glance vs. lance

glance vs. view

flash vs. glance

glance vs. star

glance vs. witness

glance vs. gliff

eyeglance vs. glance

glance vs. observe

glance vs. mobile

glance vs. lookout

gawk vs. glance

gape vs. glance

gaze vs. glance

glance vs. peer

glance vs. glare

glance vs. gleg

glance vs. shufti

blench vs. glance

eyebeam vs. glance

glance vs. oeillade

glance vs. glimmer

glance vs. sight

glance vs. gleek

glance vs. glint

glance vs. looking

glance vs. stroke

deflected vs. glance

deflection vs. glance

brief vs. glance

glance vs. header

deft vs. glance

glance vs. sparkle

glance vs. graze

briefly vs. glance

blink vs. glance

glance vs. squint

glance vs. stare

eyeball vs. glance

glance vs. glimpse

cursory vs. glance

glance vs. leer

gander vs. glance

glance vs. peep

glance vs. look