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Glance
ɡlɑːn(t)s
Glance definitions
verb
glance
glanced
glances
glancing
- take a brief or hurried look
"Ginny glanced at her watch"
- read quickly or cursorily
"I glanced through your personnel file last night"
- hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely
"the stone glanced off a crag and hit Tom on the head"
- (of light) reflect off something with a brief flash
"sunlight glanced off the curved body of a dolphin"
- (in ball games) deflect (the ball) slightly with a delicate contact
"he glanced the ball into the corner of the net"
- deflect (the ball) with the bat held slantwise; play such a stroke against (the bowler)
"Simpson glanced Statham's fourth ball"
noun
glance
glances
- a brief or hurried look
"I stole a glance at John"
- a flash or gleam of light
"fish … sporting with quick glance, Show to the Sun their wav'd coats"
- a stroke with the bat's face turned slantwise to deflect the ball slightly