glance Definition
glance
verb, usually intr glanced, glancing
- 1. To look quickly or indirectly at it or them.
- Thesaurus: look, view, gaze, browse, leaf, scan, glimpse, peek, peep.
- Form: glance at something (often)
- Form: glance at someone
2a. Said of a blow or weapon: to be deflected; to hit (a target) obliquely;
- Thesaurus: ricochet, bounce, rebound, graze, skim.
- Form: glance off (often)
2b. Said of light: to shine or reflect in flashes; to glint.
- Example: The sunlight glanced off the table
- Thesaurus: reflect, shine, flash, shimmer, glint, glitter, glisten, twinkle.
- Form: glance off (often)
- 1. A brief (and often indirect) look.
- Thesaurus: look, glimpse, once-over, sight, peek, peep, look-see, view, squint.
3. literary
- A brief flash of light.
adj, noun
adverb
- At once; from one brief look.
- Example: could see at a glance that it was wrong
Phrasal Verb: glance at or over something
- To read or look at it cursorily.
