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glint
[ glint ]
noun
- a tiny, quick flash of light.
Synonyms: ,
- gleaming brightness; luster.
- a brief or slight manifestation or occurrence; inkling; trace.
verb (used without object)
- to shine with a glint.
- to move suddenly; dart.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to glint; reflect.
glint
/ É¡±ôɪ²Ô³Ù /
verb
- to gleam or cause to gleam brightly
noun
- a bright gleam or flash
- brightness or gloss
- a brief indication
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of glint1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English glint, variant of obsolete glent; compare Danish glente, Swedish dialect ²µ±ôä²Ô³Ù²¹ “to glimpse, brightenâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of glint1
C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect ²µ±ôä²Ô³Ù²¹, glinta to gleam
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Synonym Study
See flash.
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"It's like many, many thousands of rotating, glinting ruffled potato chips."
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These small dazzlers glint in the light to both impress and intimidate.
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You still can’t actually see things like power lines — a huge danger — but you can see the light glinting off the metal towers holding them up.
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A few of the people, including a man with a camera, stared at the sky, studying the way the smoke rose and shifted, letting in glints of light and then closing again.
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I don't really know if I have the same glint in my eye that I did when I first heard this song but it still hits just the same.
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