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glance

1  [glans, glahns] verb, glanced, glanc⋅ing, noun
Use glance in a Sentence
–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

2  [glans, glahns]
–noun
any of various minerals having a luster that indicates a metallic nature.
Origin:
1795–1805; < G Glanz brightness, luster
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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.]
glance 2   (glāns)   
n.  Any of various minerals that have a brilliant luster: silver glance.

[German Glanz, from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German, bright; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

glance  (v.)
1441, from glacen "to graze, strike a glancing blow" (c.1300), from O.Fr. glaichier "to slip, make slippery," from glace "ice" (see glacial). Sense of "look quickly" (first recorded 1583) infl. by M.E. glenten "look askance" (see glint).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

glance

see at first blush (glance).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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