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Glanced

verb
/ɡlɑːnst/
Word Frequency: 10.6

Definitions

1.verbTo look briefly (at something).
"She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror."
2.verbTo graze a surface.
3.verbTo sparkle.
"The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond."
4.verbTo move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
5.verbTo strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
6.verbTo hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
7.verbTo make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
8.verbA type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.

Synonyms

glimpsepeepedglimpsedscannedsurveyedlookedpeekedspottedsightedperusedskimmedeyed

Rhymes With

enhancedadvancedentrancedtrancedprancedfinancedlanceddanced
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