Meaning of GLINT
| Pronunciation: | | glint
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- [n] a spatially localized brightness
- [n] a momentary flash of light
- [v] be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"
- [v] throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "glint" is archaic; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"
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| | Synonyms: | | flicker, glance, gleam, glisten, glitter, peek, shine, spark |
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| | See Also: | | appear, brightness, flash, look, seem, shimmer, spangle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Glint\, n. [OE. glent.]
A glimpse, glance, or gleam. [Scot.] ``He saw a glint of
light.'' --Ramsay.
\Glint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Glinting}.] [OE. glenten. Cf. {Glance}, v. i., {Glitter}, v.
i.]
To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to
glitter. --Burns.
\Glint\, v. t.
To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye.
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| | Related Terms: | | afterglow, air glow, be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, blaze, blaze of light, blind, burn, candescence, cast a glance, coruscate, coruscation, daze, dazzle, diffuse light, facula, flame, flare, flash, flush, fulgurate, give light, glance, glance at, glare, glaze, gleam, gleam of light, glimmer, glimpse, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, incandesce, incandescence, luster, polish, radiate, scintillation, send out rays, sheen, shimmer, shine, shine brightly, shininess, shining light, shoot, shoot out rays, skylight, solar flare, solar prominence, sparkle, sunset glow, twinkle |
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