Glimpse \Glimpse\, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
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1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
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LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton.
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2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary
perception; a quick sight.
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Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S.
Rogers.
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3. A faint idea; an inkling.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Glimpsing.]
to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. t.
To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or
hurried view of.
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Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
glimpse
n 1: a quick look [syn: glance, coup d'oeil]
2: a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch
a glimpse of the lake"
3: a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the
professor's meaning"
v : catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen as
she got into her limousine"
WordNet (r) 2.0
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "glimpse":
a little learning, amateurism, behold, blink, cast, cast a glance,
catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, dilettantism, dilettantship,
discern, discover, distinguish, espy, flash, gander, glance,
glance at, glimmering, glint, half an eye, half-learning,
have in sight, imperfect knowledge, ken, lay eyes on, look on,
look upon, make out, notice, observe, peek, peep, perceive,
pick out, quick sight, rapid glance, recognize, sciolism, see,
semi-learning, shallowness, sight, slant, slight knowledge,
smattering, smattering of ignorance, smattering of knowledge, spot,
spy, squiz, superficiality, surface-scratching, take in, twig,
vague notion, view, wink, witness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
coup d'oeil, glance
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