glent
1 of 2intransitive verb
ˈglent,
ˈglint
-ed/-ing/-s
1
dialectal, British
a
: to move quickly especially in an oblique direction
b
: to strike something obliquely and glance aside
2
dialectal, British : to look askance : look sideways at something
3
dialectal, British : gleam, flash, shine
glent
2 of 2noun
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plural -s
1
dialectal, British
a
: a quick look
b
: a quick movement
2
dialectal, British : gleam, flash
Word History
Etymology
Intransitive verb
Middle English glenten to move quickly especially in an oblique direction, strike something obliquely and glance aside, look sideways at something, gleam, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse glettask to utter taunts, Norwegian dialect gletta to look, Swedish dialect glänta to clear up; akin to Old High German glanz bright, Russian glyadet' to look, Old English geolu yellow
Noun
Middle English, from glenten
- unintermittedly
- unintermittent
- uninterpretable
- uninterpreted
- uninterrupted
- uninterruptedly
- uninterruptedness
- uninterruptible
- unintimate
- unintimidated
- unintimidating
- unintimidatingly
- uninucleate
- uninucleated
- uninventive
- uninventively
- uninventiveness
- uninvested
- uninvited
- uninviting
- uninvitingly
- uninvolved
- unio
- unioes
- unioid