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glance

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[glans, glahns]

verb (used without object)

glanced, glancing 
  1. to look quickly or briefly.

  2. to gleam or flash.

    a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight.

    Synonyms: ,
  3. to strike a surface or object obliquely, especially so as to bounce off at an angle (often followed byoff ).

    The arrow glanced off his shield.

    Synonyms: ,
  4. to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usually followed byat ).



verb (used with object)

Archaic.
glanced, glancing 
  1. to cast a glance or brief look at; catch a glimpse of.

  2. to cast or reflect, as a gleam.

  3. to throw, hit, kick, shoot, etc. (something) so that it glances off a surface or object.

noun

  1. a quick or brief look.

  2. a gleam or flash of light, especially reflected light.

    Synonyms:
  3. a deflected movement or course; an oblique rebound.

  4. 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.

  5. Cricket.a stroke in which the batsman deflects the ball with the bat, as to leg.

  6. Archaic.a passing reference or allusion; insinuation.

glance

2

[glans, glahns]

noun

  1. any of various minerals having a luster that indicates a metallic nature.

glance

1

/ ɡɑːԲ /

verb

  1. (intr) to look hastily or briefly

  2. (intr; foll by over, through, etc) to look over briefly

    to glance through a report

  3. (intr) to reflect, glint, or gleam

    the sun glanced on the water

  4. to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle

    the arrow glanced off the tree

  5. (tr) to strike at an oblique angle

    the arrow glanced the tree

“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 hasty or brief look; peep

  2. from one's first look; immediately

  3. a flash or glint of light; gleam

  4. the act or an instance of an object glancing or glancing off another

  5. a brief allusion or reference

  6. cricket a stroke in which the ball is deflected off the bat to the leg side; glide

“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

glance

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/ ɡɑːԲ /

noun

  1. any mineral having a metallic lustre, esp a simple sulphide

    copper glance

“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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Usage

Glance is sometimes wrongly used where glimpse is meant: he caught a glimpse (not glance ) of her making her way through the crowd
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˈԳԲ adverb
  • ˈԳԲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glance1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English verb glenchen, glansen, variant (perhaps influenced by obsolete glent “to shine”) of Middle English glacen “to strike a glancing blow,” from Old French glacier “to slip, slide,” from Latin “to freeze”; é, glint

Origin of glance2

First recorded in 1795–1805; from German Glanz “brightness, luster”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glance1

C15: modification of glacen to strike obliquely, from Old French glacier to slide (see glacis ); compare Middle English glenten to make a rapid sideways movement, glint

Origin of glance2

C19: from German Glanz brightness, lustre
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Idioms and Phrases

see at first blush (glance).
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Synonym Study

See flash.
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Example Sentences

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In the arms of another, he glanced and smiled as he whirled by.

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She can peg a person’s height at a glance and sum up their prospects in a pitiless snap judgment.

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Gyokeres is known for his intelligent movement and intense work-rate, while his blend of physical strength, technical skill and tactical awareness have earned him admiring glances from clubs.

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At first glance this statement gives the UK government a better story to tell in Scotland than they had before.

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It is easy to see at first glance the discolouration caused by the coins - a reddish-brown wash over the surface.

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