glintverb [ I ]
uk/ɡlɪnt/us/ɡlɪnt/to produce small, bright flashes of light reflected from a surface:
The stream glinted in the moonlight.
A large diamond glinted on her finger.
When someone's eyes glint, they look bright, expressing a strong emotion:
She smiled at him, her eyes glinting with mischief.
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Giving out light
- alight
- blink
- brighten
- burn
- burnish
- cast
- catch
- dazzle
- flicker
- gild
- glance
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- light
- redshift
- shimmer
- sparkly
- strobe
- UV
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Having and owning - general words
glintnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ɡlɪnt/us/ɡlɪnt/an occasion when something glints:
the glint of a knife
a mischievous glint in his eye
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Quantities & units of light
- aureole
- beam
- blip
- bright
- flash
- glare
- gleam
- halo
- lustre
- lux
- pencil
- pinprick
- point
- ray
- shaft
- sheen
- shine
- sparkle
- sunbeam
- twinkle
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