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Definitions for GLINT
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. flicker, spark, glintnoun

    a momentary flash of light

  2. glintverb

    a spatially localized brightness

  3. glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shineverb

    be shiny, as if wet

    "His eyes were glistening"

  4. glance, peek, glintverb

    throw a glance at; take a brief look at

    "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

Wiktionary

  1. glintnoun

    short flash of light

  2. glintverb

    to flash briefly

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  1. glint

    A glint is a small flash of light, especially as reflected from a shiny surface. It can also refer to a hint or tiny amount of a quality or feeling.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Glintnoun

    a glimpse, glance, or gleam

  2. Glintverb

    to glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter

  3. Glintverb

    to glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye

  4. Etymology: [OE. glenten. Cf. Glance, v. i., Glitter, v. i.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Glint

    glint, v.i. to shine, gleam: (Burns) to move quickly.—v.t. to reflect.—n. a gleam. [From Scand.; Old Dan. glinte, to shine.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of GLINT in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of GLINT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of GLINT in a Sentence

  1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    Write about the beauty of rainbows and the glint of reflected light that can enlighten readers' minds.

  2. Primo Levi:

    For me chemistry represented an indefinite cloud of future potentialities which enveloped my life to come in black volutes torn by fiery flashes, like those which had hidden Mount Sinai. Like Moses, from that cloud I expected my law, the principle of order in me, around me, and in the world. I would watch the buds swell in spring, the mica glint in the granite, my own hands, and I would say to myself: I will understand this, too, I will understand everything.

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