Meaning of GLIMPSE
| Pronunciation: | | glimps
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- [n] a quick look
- [n] a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"
- [n] a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning"
- [v] catch a glimpse of; see briefly
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| | Synonyms: | | coup d'oeil, glance |
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| | See Also: | | aspect, eye-beaming, indicant, indication, look, looking, looking at, panorama, prospect, scene, see, side-glance, side-look, view, vista | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Glimpse\, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton.
2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary
perception; a quick sight.
Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S.
Rogers.
3. A faint idea; an inkling.
\Glimpse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimpsed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Glimpsing}.]
to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton.
\Glimpse\, v. t.
To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or
hurried view of.
Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. --Chaucer.
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| | Related Terms: | | a little learning, amateurism, behold, blink, cast, cast a glance, catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, dilettantism, dilettantship, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, flash, gander, glance, glance at, glimmering, glint, half an eye, half-learning, have in sight, imperfect knowledge, ken, lay eyes on, look on, look upon, make out, notice, observe, peek, peep, perceive, pick out, quick sight, rapid glance, recognize, sciolism, see, semi-learning, shallowness, sight, slant, slight knowledge, smattering, smattering of ignorance, smattering of knowledge, spot, spy, squiz, superficiality, surface-scratching, take in, twig, vague notion, view, wink, witness |
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