to glance

Definition of to glance in English English dictionary: gleg; To sparkle
The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond.; To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header; A deflection; {n} a quick view, the dart of a beam of light; {v} to view obliquely, shoot, strike, allude; A sudden flash of light or splendor; "Your arrow hath glanced"; A brief or cursory look; To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at; To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye; A form of mineral with a brilliant lustre; a quick look throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting; throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"; To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle; To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view; To look briefly (at something); {f} look quickly; shine, gleam; bounce off, strike at an angle; To graze a surface; A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance; {i} quick look, brief glance; gleam, flash; deflection, rebound; If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately. He glanced at his watch I glanced back; To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside; A glance is a quick look at someone or something. Trevor and I exchanged a glance; A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse; If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first glance, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong. At first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer; If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking. He stole a glance at the clock behind her. Any of various minerals that have a brilliant luster: silver glance; An incidental or passing thought or allusion; If you glance through or at a newspaper, report, or book, you spend a short time looking at it without reading it very carefully. I picked up the phone book and glanced through it I never even glanced at the political page of a daily paper; To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash; rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"; If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully. One could tell at a glance that she was a compassionate person; To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly; a quick look