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The Meaning of glance

  • (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.

Synonyms

glimpse , coup d'oeil , gleam , glisten , shine , glitter , peek , glint , look , behold , discern , inspect , see , view , contemplate , gaze , regard , stare , watch , descry , scan , survey

Rhymes

advance , anse , askance , chance , circumstance , crance , dance , enhance , expanse , finance , france , freelance , hance , hanse , happenstance , lafrance , lance , mance , manse , nance , perchance , pomerance , pomeranz , prance , rance , refinance , romance , schanz , schranz , stance , trance , underfinance , vance