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   Glint

   /ɡlint/

   

   verb

   • 1. give out or reflect small flashes of light: "her glasses were glinting in the firelight"
   • ▪ (of a person's eyes) shine with a particular emotion: "his eyes glinted angrily"

   noun

   • 1. a small flash of light, especially as reflected from a shiny surface: "the glint of gold in his teeth"
   • ▪ a brightness in someone's eyes seen as a sign of enthusiasm or a particular emotion: "she saw the glint of excitement in his eyes"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘move quickly or obliquely’): variant of dialect glent, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish dialect glänta, glinta ‘to slip, slide, gleam’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   • L

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   • I

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   • N

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