glance

1. n. A sudden flash of light or splendor. Source: opted

2. n. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse. Source: opted

3. n. An incidental or passing thought or allusion. Source: opted

4. n. A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance. Source: opted

5. v. i. To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash. Source: opted

6. v. i. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced". Source: opted

7. v. i. To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view. Source: opted

8. v. i. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at. Source: opted

9. v. i. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle. Source: opted

10. v. t. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye. Source: opted

11. v. t. To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly. Source: opted

12. n. a quick look Source: wordnet

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