glance

Definition

  • verb: to look at someone or something very quickly
  • verb: to strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle
  • usually + 'off'
  • synonyms: glimpse, allude, hint

Examples

  • A rock struck the windshield with a 'glancing blow'. [=a rock glanced off the windshield]

  • He sat quietly, 'glancing' through a magazine.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) No. Could I trade you for another dollar? -Don't have one. -Excuse me. When your wallet was open, I glanced inside... ...and I couldn't help but notice that you have several crisp dollar bills. You're incorrect. Perhaps you could look again, please. I'm very hungry. (..)
    1998 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Dealership Season: 9 Episode 11
  • (..) ♪ There are giants in the sky. ♪ ♪ There are big tall terrible giants in the sky. ♪ ♪ When you're way up high and you look below at the world you've left and the things you know little more than a glance is enough to show you just how small you are! ♪ I see the light on in your room, go to bed. (..)
    2017 Lady Bird
  • (..) or after a mile the wolf will give up. Midsummer on the tundra and the sun does not set. At these latitudes the sun's rays are glancing and not enough of their energy reaches the ground to enable trees to grow. You'll need to travel miles south from here before that is possible. (..)
    2006 TvShow: Planet Earth Title: From Pole to Pole Season: 1 Episode 1