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glanc⋅ing

  [glan-sing, glahn-]
Use Glancing in a Sentence
–adjective
1. striking obliquely and bouncing off at an angle: a glancing blow.
2. brief and indirect: glancing references to his dubious past.
Origin:
1485–95; glance 1 + -ing 2

Related forms:
glanc⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

glance

1  [glans, glahns] verb, glanced, glanc⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to look quickly or briefly.
2. to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight.
3. to strike a surface or object obliquely, esp. so as to bounce off at an angle (often fol. by off): The arrow glanced off his shield.
4. to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usually fol. by at).
–verb (used with object) Archaic.
5. to cast a glance or brief look at; catch a glimpse of.
6. to cast or reflect, as a gleam.
7. to throw, hit, kick, shoot, etc. (something) so that it glances off a surface or object.
–noun
8. a quick or brief look.
9. a gleam or flash of light, esp. reflected light.
10. a deflected movement or course; an oblique rebound.
11. a passing reference or allusion; insinuation.
12. Cricket. a stroke in which the batsman deflects the ball with the bat, as to leg.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME glancen (v.), nasalized var. (perh. influenced by obs. glent; see glint ) of ME glacen to strike a glancing blow < OF glacier to slip, slide < L glaciāre to freeze. See glacé

Synonyms:
2. glisten, scintillate. See flash. 3. reflect, ricochet. 9. glitter.
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glance 1   (glāns)   
v.   glanced, glanc·ing, glanc·es

v.   intr.
    1. To direct the gaze briefly: glance at the menu; glanced in the rearview mirror.
    2. To move rapidly from one thing to another. Used of the eyes.
  2. To shine briefly; glint. See Synonyms at flash.
  3. To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected: A pebble glanced off the windshield. See Synonyms at brush1.
  4. To make a passing reference; touch briefly: a history course that only glanced at the Korean conflict.
v.   tr.
  1. To strike (a surface) at an angle; graze: The arrow glanced the target but didn't stick.
  2. To cause to strike a surface at an angle: glanced a stone off the wall.
n.  
  1. A brief or cursory look: gave the paper a glance before breakfast.
  2. A quick flash of light; a gleam.
  3. An oblique movement following impact; a deflection: The car struck the barrier and went off at a glance.

[Middle English glauncen, alteration (influenced by glenten, to shine) of glacen, from Old French glacer, to slide; see glacis.]
glanc·ing   (glān'sĭng)   
adj.  
  1. Oblique in direction; slanting or deflected: struck him a glancing blow.
  2. Not straightforward; indirect: made glancing allusions to the scandal.
glanc'ing·ly adv.
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Glancing

Glan"cing\, a. 1. Shooting, as light.

When through the gancing lightnings fly. --Rowe.

2. Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Glancing
Spanish: oblicuo,
German: abgleitend,
Japanese: かすめた
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