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verb
- 1. take a brief or hurried look: "Ginny glanced at her watch"
- 2. hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely: "the stone glanced off a crag and hit Tom on the head"
noun
- 1. a brief or hurried look: "I stole a glance at John"
- 2. a flash or gleam of light: archaic "fish … sporting with quick glance, Show to the Sun their wav'd coats"
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Glance definition: to look quickly or briefly.. See examples of GLANCE used in a sentence.
2 days ago · to look hastily or briefly. 2. (intr; foll by over, through, etc) to look over briefly. to glance through a report. 3. (intransitive) to reflect, glint, or gleam. the sun glanced on the water. 4. (intransitive; usually foll by off) to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle.
to look quickly or briefly. to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight. to strike a surface or object obliquely, especially so as to bounce off at an angle (often followed by off ): The arrow glanced off his shield. to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usually followed by at ). See more.
glance (at somebody/something) a quick look. to take/have a glance at the newspaper headlines. a cursory/brief/casual/furtive glance. The sisters exchanged glances (= looked at each other). She shot him a sideways glance. He walked away without a backward glance.
Definition of glance verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to look quickly or briefly. to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight. to strike a surface or object obliquely, esp. so as to bounce off at an angle (often fol. by off ): The arrow glanced off his shield. to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usually fol. by at). v.t. [ Archaic.] to cast a glance or brief look at;
Definitions of 'glance' 1. If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately. [...] 2. If you glance through or at a newspaper, report, or book, you spend a short time looking at it without reading it very carefully. [...] 3. A glance is a quick look at someone or something. [...] More.
