to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight.
to strike a surface or object obliquely, especially so as to bounce off at an angle (often followed by off): The arrow glanced off his shield.
to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usually followed by at).
verb (used with object),glanced,glanc·ing.Archaic.
to cast a glance or brief look at; catch a glimpse of.
to cast or reflect, as a gleam.
to throw, hit, kick, shoot, etc. (something) so that it glances off a surface or object.
noun
a quick or brief look.
a gleam or flash of light, especially reflected light.
a deflected movement or course; an oblique rebound.
a passing reference or allusion; insinuation.
Digital Technology. information on an electronic screen that can be understood quickly or at a glance: Get news and weather glances on your phone.Tap anywhere on a glance to open the app.
Cricket. a stroke in which the batsman deflects the ball with the bat, as to leg.
Origin of glance
1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English glancen (verb), nasalized variant (perhaps influenced by obsolete glent; see glint) of Middle English glacen “to strike a glancing blow.” from Old French glacier “to slip, slide,” from Latin glaciāre “to freeze.” See glacé
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That’s a smart suggestion, and something I wish I’d thought to look at, although after taking a very brief glance at it now, I’m not sure how much it would have mattered.
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A glance at my watch showed me, to my astonishment, that was tea-time.
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These suggest the idea of their having been ponds at the first glance.
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British Dictionary definitions for glance (1 of 2)
glance1
/ (ɡlɑːns) /
verb
(intr)to look hastily or briefly
(intr; foll by over, through, etc)to look over brieflyto glance through a report
(intr)to reflect, glint, or gleamthe sun glanced on the water
(intr usually foll by off) to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique anglethe arrow glanced off the tree
(tr)to strike at an oblique anglethe arrow glanced the tree
noun
a hasty or brief look; peep
at a glancefrom one's first look; immediately
a flash or glint of light; gleam
the act or an instance of an object glancing or glancing off another
a brief allusion or reference
cricketa stroke in which the ball is deflected off the bat to the leg side; glide
Derived forms of glance
glancing, adverbglancingly, adverb
Word Origin for glance
C15: modification of glacen to strike obliquely, from Old French glacier to slide (see glacis); compare Middle English glenten to make a rapid sideways movement, glint
usage for glance
Glance is sometimes wrongly used where glimpse is meant: he caught a glimpse (not glance) of her making her way through the crowd
British Dictionary definitions for glance (2 of 2)
glance2
/ (ɡlɑːns) /
noun
any mineral having a metallic lustre, esp a simple sulphidecopper glance