Thesaurus: glimpse

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1. n. A sudden flash; transient luster.
2. n. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.
3. n. A faint idea; an inkling.
4. v. i. to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
5. v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.
6. n. a quick look
7. n. a brief or incomplete view
8. n. a vague indication
9. v. catch a glimpse of or see briefly
10. 1. A sudden flash; transient luster. LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. Milton. 2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. S. Rogers. 3. A faint idea; an inkling. to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer.
11. to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.
12. v:26/n:74 n. a brief or incomplete view n. a vague indication v. catch a glimpse of or see briefly