Word Meaning

glances definition and meaning

n. A sudden flash of light or splendor.
n. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
n. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
n. A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
v. i. To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
v. i. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced".
v. i. To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
v. i. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.
v. i. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
v. t. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.
v. t. To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.

Crossword clues for glances

- A quick look
- After midnight Armstrong has a quick look
- Bounce (off)
- Brief look
- Deflect
- Deflect (off)
- deflect off
- Deflecting cricket stroke
- Gee! A pointed weapon is worth a quick look
- Glimpse
- Look
- Look at Galahad’s first weapon
- Look hastily
- Look hastily or briefly
- Peek
- Quick look
- Quick peek
- Ricochet (off)
- Sideways look at a middle-age weapon
- Take a brief and hurried look
- Take a quick look
- Bounces (off)
- Briefly looks at lance held by Gilbert & Sullivan
- Ricochets
- Ricochets (off)
- Takes a quick look at oblique deflections