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[ verb ] throw a glance at; take a brief look at
Examples "She only glanced at the paper" "glint" is archaic "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)`` She did n't really say '' - She glanced away at the floor , then swooped gracefully and picked_up one of Scotty 's slippers . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)a voice called , and what made it even more terrible and unreal was that the redcoat ranks never paused for an instant , only some of them glancing toward the stone_wall , from behind which the voice came . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)Andrei glanced up over the top of the paper and looked into the mustached , homely face of Sergeant_Styka . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He glanced back . Watson glanced briefly at him , seeing only a body rigidly erect behind the languid banner . |
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[ noun ] a quick look
Synonyms Used in print (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)Garth 's glance began to flicker to his watch . (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)He had assumed that all these buildings had been divided into apartments , but this one , from a glance at the hall furnishings , was obviously still a functioning town_house , and its owners were in residence ; that made it doubtful as the hiding_place of a man whose plans had to be made in_advance . (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)Only then , when his glance focused_on the divan and saw that it was empty , did he remember his earlier problem . (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)His glance at Gyp_Carmer was disdainful . (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)Hostile glances were flashed at both Alexander and Gansevoort . Related terms |
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[ verb ] rebound after hitting
Synonyms Examples : "The car caromed off several lampposts" Used in print (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)The clock on the mantel_piece was scandalized and ticked so loudly that he glanced at it over his shoulder and then quickly left the room . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23803
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