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glance
1[ glans, glahns ]
verb (used without object)
- to look quickly or briefly.
- to gleam or flash:
a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight.
Synonyms: ,
- to strike a surface or object obliquely, especially so as to bounce off at an angle (often followed by off ):
The arrow glanced off his shield.
Synonyms: ,
- to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usually followed by at ).
verb (used with object)
- to cast a glance or brief look at; catch a glimpse of.
- to cast or reflect, as a gleam.
- to throw, hit, kick, shoot, etc. (something) so that it glances off a surface or object.
noun
- a quick or brief look.
- a gleam or flash of light, especially reflected light.
Synonyms:
- a deflected movement or course; an oblique rebound.
- Digital Technology. information on an electronic screen that can be understood quickly or at a glance:
Get news and weather glances on your phone.
Tap anywhere on a glance to open the app.
- Cricket. a stroke in which the batsman deflects the ball with the bat, as to leg.
- Archaic. a passing reference or allusion; insinuation.
glance
2[ glans, glahns ]
noun
- any of various minerals having a luster that indicates a metallic nature.
glance
1/ ɡɑːԲ /
verb
- intr to look hastily or briefly
- intr; foll by over, through, etc to look over briefly
to glance through a report
- intr to reflect, glint, or gleam
the sun glanced on the water
- intrusually foll byoff to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle
the arrow glanced off the tree
- tr to strike at an oblique angle
the arrow glanced the tree
noun
- a hasty or brief look; peep
- at a glancefrom one's first look; immediately
- a flash or glint of light; gleam
- the act or an instance of an object glancing or glancing off another
- a brief allusion or reference
- cricket a stroke in which the ball is deflected off the bat to the leg side; glide
glance
2/ ɡɑːԲ /
noun
- any mineral having a metallic lustre, esp a simple sulphide
copper glance
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈԳԲ, adverb
- ˈԳԲ, adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of glance1
Origin of glance2
Word History and Origins
Origin of glance1
Origin of glance2
Idioms and Phrases
see at first blush (glance) .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Zheng recalled several instances when she received skeptical glances and surprised looks from customers after they saw her behind the sushi counter.
Everything about Banana Cake brings my backward glances into focus with the passing years drawing out the spaces in between the things that shook, uprooted, and sent me hurtling in a new direction.
At first glance, it’s not much to look at.
"Gaza has become a city of ghosts," he said, glancing over his shoulder.
Other drivers glanced at my sleek rental car, their envy fueling my confidence.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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