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"Glance" Definition

noun

A brief or cursory look: gave the paper a glance before breakfast.
A quick flash of light; a gleam.
An oblique movement following impact; a deflection: The car struck the barrier and went off at a glance.
Any of various minerals that have a brilliant luster: silver glance.
A quick intermittent flash or gleam.

idiom

At first glance On initial consideration: At first glance the plan seemed unworkable.

verb-transitive

To cause to strike a surface at an angle: glanced a stone off the wall.

verb-intransitive

To direct the gaze briefly: glance at the menu; glanced in the rearview mirror.
To make a passing reference; touch briefly: a history course that only glanced at the Korean conflict.
To move rapidly from one thing to another. Used of the eyes.
To shine briefly; glint. See Synonyms at flash.
To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected: A pebble glanced off the windshield. See Synonyms at brush1.

verb

To strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle.
To make sudden quick movements.
To flash or gleam with quick intermittent rays of light.
To touch on a subject or refer to it briefly or indirectly.
To move swiftly from one thing to another.

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