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Glance

ɡlɑːn(t)s

Glance definitions
verb
glance glanced glances glancing
  1. take a brief or hurried look

    "Ginny glanced at her watch"

    take a quick look look quickly look briefly peek peep
    • read quickly or cursorily

      "I glanced through your personnel file last night"

  2. hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely

    "the stone glanced off a crag and hit Tom on the head"

    ricochet rebound be deflected
    • (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
  1. a brief or hurried look

    "I stole a glance at John"

    peek peep brief look quick look
  2. a flash or gleam of light

    "fish … sporting with quick glance, Show to the Sun their wav'd coats"

  3. a stroke with the bat's face turned slantwise to deflect the ball slightly