glanced

Variant of glance

glance definition

glance (glans, gläns)

intransitive verb glanced, glancing glanc′·ing

  1. to strike a surface obliquely and go off at an angle: usually with off
  2. to make an indirect or passing reference: with over, at, etc.
  3. to flash or gleam
  4. to look suddenly and briefly; take a quick look

Etymology: ME glansen, glenchen, prob. a blend < OFr glacier, to slip (see glacis) + guenchir, to elude < Frank *wenkjan, to totter; akin to OE wancol, unstable

transitive verb

to cause (an object) to strike a surface at an angle and be deflected

noun

  1. a glancing off; deflected impact
  2. a flash or gleam
  3. a quick look

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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