Definitions for glance
glæns, glɑnsglance

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. glance, glimpse, coup d'oeil(verb)

   a quick look

2. glance, peek, glint(verb)

   throw a glance at; take a brief look at

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

3. glance(verb)

   hit at an angle

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. glance(Noun)

   A brief or cursory look.

2. glance(Noun)

   A deflection.

3. glance(Noun)

   A form of mineral with a brilliant lustre.

4. glance(Verb)

   To look briefly (at something).

   She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.

5. glance(Verb)

   To graze a surface.

6. glance(Verb)

   To sparkle

   The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond.

7. glance(Verb)

   To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Glance(noun)

   a sudden flash of light or splendor

2. Glance(noun)

   a quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse

3. Glance(noun)

   an incidental or passing thought or allusion

4. Glance(noun)

   a name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance

5. Glance(verb)

   to shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash

6. Glance(verb)

   to strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced"

7. Glance(verb)

   to look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view

8. Glance(verb)

   to make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at

9. Glance(verb)

   to move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle

10. Glance(verb)

    to shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye

11. Glance(verb)

    to hint at; to touch lightly or briefly

Origin: [Akin to D. glans luster, brightness, G. glanz, Sw. glans, D. glands brightness, glimpse. Cf. Gleen, Glint, Glitter, and Glance a mineral.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Glance

   glans, n. a sudden shoot of light: a darting of the eye: a momentary view: a term applied to minerals exhibiting a pseudo-metallic lustre.—v.i. to dart a ray of light or splendour: to snatch a momentary view: to fly off obliquely: to make a passing allusion.—v.t. to dart suddenly or obliquely: to hint.—n. Glance′-coal, any hard coal, like anthracite, so called from its metallic lustre.—adv. Glanc′ingly. [From a Teut. root seen in Sw. glans, Dut. glans, Ger. glanz, lustre, and allied to Eng. glint.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'glance' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4028

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'glance' in Nouns Frequency: #1519

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'glance' in Verbs Frequency: #474

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of glance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of glance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of glance in a Sentence

1. Gary Tarpinian:

   At first glance, I didn't see anything special about it.

2. Alphonse de Lamartine:

   If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

3. Kahlil Gibran:

   Marriage is the golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.

4. Mhairi Brown:

   Labels allow people to just glance at a product, and see if it is a healthy or less healthy choice.

5. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Ah! That glance of yours did some magic on me, you were not aware of. For once I died and was reborn.”

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