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   glance

   /ɡlɑːns/

   verb

   • 1. take a brief or hurried look: "Ginny glanced at her watch" Similar take a quick looklook quicklylook brieflypeekpeepglimpsecatch a glimpse ofkeekinformal:sneak a looktake a gandertake a dekkohave a shuftitake a butcher'ssquizarchaic:glance one's eyeOpposite gazescrutinize
   • ▪ read quickly or cursorily: "I glanced through your personnel file last night" Similar read quicklyscanhave a quick lookrun one's eye overskimleafflickflipthumbbrowsedip intoinformal:give something a/the once-overOpposite studypore over
   • 2. hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely: "the stone glanced off a crag and hit Tom on the head" Similar ricochetreboundbe deflectedflybouncegrazeclipmake contact withcannoncaromrare:resile
   • ▪ (of light) reflect off something with a brief flash: "sunlight glanced off the curved body of a dolphin" Similar reflectflashgleamglintglitterglistenglimmershimmerflickersparkletwinklerare:coruscate
   • ▪ (in ball games) deflect (the ball) slightly with a delicate contact: "he glanced the ball into the corner of the net"
   • ▪ deflect (the ball) with the bat held slantwise; play such a stroke against (the bowler): "Simpson glanced Statham's fourth ball"

   noun

   • 1. a brief or hurried look: "I stole a glance at John" Similar peekpeepbrief lookquick lookglimpsekeekcoup d'œilinformal:ganderdekkoshuftibutcher'ssquizgeekJack Nohi
   • 2. a flash or gleam of light: archaic "fish … sporting with quick glance, Show to the Sun their wav'd coats" Similar flashgleamglitterglintglimmershimmerflickersparkletwinkle
   • 3. a stroke with the bat's face turned slantwise to deflect the ball slightly.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘rebound obliquely’): probably a nasalized form of obsolete glace in the same sense, from Old French glacier ‘to slip’, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGLANCE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   GLANCE definition: 1. to give a quick short look: 2. to shine, reflect light, or sparkle: 3. In cricket, if a batter…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › glanceGlance Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of GLANCE is to take a quick look at something. How to use glance in a sentence.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › glanceGLANCE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   noun. a quick or brief look. a gleam or flash of light, especially reflected light. Synonyms: glitter. a deflected movement or course; an oblique rebound. 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. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › glanceGlance - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Glance involves quick contact. When you glance at someone you take a quick peek at them. When a knife blow glances off you, it doesn't penetrate, but hits at an angle.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › glanceGlance - definition of glance by The Free Dictionary

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   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. (usually foll by: off) to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle: the arrow glanced off the tree.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishGLANCE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   If you see something at a glance, you see it very quickly or immediately. (Definition of glance from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGLANCE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A glance is a quick look at someone or something. Trevor and I exchanged a glance. ...stealing a quick glance at her watch.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishglance verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   Definition of glance verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

10. www.yourdictionary.com › glanceGlance Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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    Verb. Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. glanced, glances, glancing. To direct the eyes at or toward something briefly. Glanced in the rearview mirror. American Heritage. To cause (an object) to strike a surface at an angle and be deflected. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To read quickly or in cursory fashion. Glanced at the menu.

11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryGLANCE - All you need to know about it | Collins English...

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    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. [...]