- glance
- In.
1) to cast, dart, shoot; steal a glance at
2) to exchange glances
3) an admiring; amused; casual, cursory, fleeting, passing; conspiratorial; disapproving, indignant; furtive, stolen, surreptitious; imploring; knowing; meaningful, significant; penetrating, probing, searching; quizzical; shy; sidelong; suspicious; wistful; withering glance
4) at a glance (I recognized her at a glance)
IIv.1) ('to look') to glance admiringly; casually; furtively, surreptitiously; imploringly; indignantly; knowingly; meaningfully; quizzically; shyly; suspiciously
2) (d; intr.) ('to look') to glance at
3) (d; intr.) ('to ricochet') to glance off (the rock glanced off the window)
* * *[glɑːns]casuallyconspiratorialcursorydisapprovingfleetingfurtivefurtivelyimploringimploringlyindignantlyknowinglymeaningfulmeaningfullypenetratingprobingquizzicalquizzicallysearchingshylysidelongsteal a glance atstolensurreptitioussurreptitiouslysuspiciouslywistfulwithering glance('to look') to glance admiringly(d; intr.) ('to look') to glance atan admiringto castto exchange glancesat a glance (I recognized her at a glance)(d; intr.) ('to ricochet') to glance off (the rock glanced off the window)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.