glance
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[edit] English
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- glaunce (obsolete)
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glance (third-person singular simple present glances, present participle glancing, simple past and past participle glanced)
- (intransitive) To look briefly (at something).
- She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.
- (intransitive) To graze a surface.
- To sparkle
- The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond.
- (soccer) To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
- 2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, BBC:
- Doncaster paid the price two minutes later when Doyle sent Hunt away down the left and his pinpoint cross was glanced in by Fletcher for his sixth goal of the season.
- 2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, BBC:
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- (To look briefly): glimpse
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to look briefly at something
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glance (plural glances)
- A brief or cursory look.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- A deflection.
- A form of mineral with a brilliant lustre.
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a brief or cursory look
