Glint \Glint\, v. t.
To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glint \Glint\ (gl[i^]nt), n. [OE. glent.]
A glimpse, glance, or gleam. [Scot.] "He saw a glint of
light." --Ramsay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glint \Glint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Glinting.] [OE. glenten. Cf. Glance, v. i., Glitter, v.
i.]
To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to
glitter. --Burns.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
glint
n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, spark]
2: a spatially localized brightness
v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter,
glisten, gleam, shine]
2: throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced
at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything
interesting" [syn: glance, peek]
WordNet (r) 2.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "glint":
afterglow, air glow, be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, blaze,
blaze of light, blind, burn, candescence, cast a glance, coruscate,
coruscation, daze, dazzle, diffuse light, facula, flame, flare,
flash, flush, fulgurate, give light, glance, glance at, glare,
glaze, gleam, gleam of light, glimmer, glimpse, glisten, glitter,
gloss, glow, incandesce, incandescence, luster, polish, radiate,
scintillation, send out rays, sheen, shimmer, shine,
shine brightly, shininess, shining light, shoot, shoot out rays,
skylight, solar flare, solar prominence, sparkle, sunset glow,
twinkle
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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