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noun
1.
a tiny, quick flash of light.
2.
gleaming brightness; luster.
3.
a brief or slight manifestation or occurrence; inkling; trace.
verb (used without object)
4.
to shine with a glint.
5.
to move suddenly; dart.
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verb (used with object)
6.
to cause to glint; reflect.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English glint, variant of obsolete glent; compare Danish glente, Swedish dialect glänta to glimpse, brighten
1400–50; late Middle English glint, variant of obsolete glent; compare Danish glente, Swedish dialect glänta to glimpse, brighten
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- One eye was milky white and sightless, but the glint in his good eye was enough for two.
- The murals of the marble and granite lobby were restored, and the stainless steel eagles and spire regained their glint.
- And through the gloom of the forest, one can already catch the glint of the bond-raiders sharpening their swords.
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glint
1787, from Scottish, apparently an alteration of M.E. glenten "gleam, flash, glisten," from Scand. (cf. Norw. gletta "to look," dial. Swed. glinta "to shine"), from P.Gmc. *glent-, from PIE *ghlei- "to shine, glitter, glow, be warm" (see gleam). Introduced into Eng. by Burns.
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