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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 brieflypeekOpposite gazescrutinize
    • 2. hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely: "the stone glanced off a crag and hit Tom on the head" Similar ricochetreboundbe deflectedfly

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

    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

    1. a. : to take a quick look at something. glanced at his watch. b. of the eyes : to move swiftly from one thing to another. 2. : to strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle. The bullet glanced off the wall. 3. a. : to make sudden quick movements. dragonflies glancing over the pond. b.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › glanceGlance - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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. When you glance at someone, it's often because you don't want to be caught staring.

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

    intr to look hastily or briefly. intr; foll by over, through, etc to look over briefly. to glance through a report. intr to reflect, glint, or gleam. the sun glanced on the water. intrusually foll byoff to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle. the arrow glanced off the tree.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionglance noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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

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

    GLANCE definition: 1. to look somewhere for a short time: 2. to read something quickly: 3. a quick look: . Learn more.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryGLANCE definition in American English | Collins English ...

    If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately.

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

    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. Conjugations of 'glance'

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

    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.

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

    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. American Heritage.