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Glance

/ɡlɑːns/

A brief or cursory look.

📖 Definitions of "Glance"

noun
  1. 1

    A brief or cursory look.

  2. 2

    A deflection.

  3. 3

    A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side.

  4. 4

    A sudden flash of light or splendour.

verb
  1. 1

    To look briefly (at something).

    "She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror."

  2. 2

    To graze a surface.

  3. 3

    To sparkle.

    "The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond."

  4. 4

    To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

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