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glint

[ glint ]

noun

  1. a tiny, quick flash of light.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. gleaming brightness; luster.
  3. a brief or slight manifestation or occurrence; inkling; trace.


verb (used without object)

  1. to shine with a glint.
  2. to move suddenly; dart.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to glint; reflect.

glint

/ É¡±ôɪ²Ô³Ù /

verb

  1. to gleam or cause to gleam brightly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a bright gleam or flash
  2. brightness or gloss
  3. a brief indication
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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