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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/ É¡±ôɑ˲Բõ /
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/ É¡±ôɑ˲Բõ /
noun
- any mineral having a metallic lustre, esp a simple sulphide
copper glance
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ±ô²¹²Ô³¦¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ²µ±ô²¹²Ô³¦¾±²Ô²µ, adverb
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Origin of glance1
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Origin of glance1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
Guiraudie celebrates the frivolity of a steamy glance or a leering gaze, and “Misericordia†is no different, which is precisely why it’s such an exciting venture in the realm of contemporary queer filmmaking.
As a visual person, he also felt a map would help deliver a “quick read,†meaning it would convey maximum information and impact at a single glance.
At first glance, it looks like a narrow shop selling infused beverages, snacks, and baked goods.
Even a passing glance at his discography proves him right.
Occasionally Phillip glances down at his smart watch - the home screen showing the ever-changing squiggly line of bitcoin's dollar value.
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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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