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Definitions for Glancing

[1] striking obliquely and bouncing off at an angle: a glancing blow.
[2] brief and indirect: glancing references to his dubious past.
[3] to look quickly or briefly.
[4] to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight.
[5] 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.
[6] to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usually followed by at ).
[7] to cast a glance or brief look at; catch a glimpse of.
[8] to cast or reflect, as a gleam.
[9] to throw, hit, kick, shoot, etc. (something) so that it glances off a surface or object.
[10] a quick or brief look.
[11] a gleam or flash of light, especially reflected light.
[12] a deflected movement or course; an oblique rebound.
[13] a passing reference or allusion; insinuation.
[14] 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.
[15] Cricket . a stroke in which the batsman deflects the ball with the bat, as to leg.
[16] (intr) to look hastily or briefly
[17] (intr; foll by over, through, etc ) to look over briefly to glance through a report
[18] (intr) to reflect, glint, or gleam the sun glanced on the water
[19] (intr usually foll by off ) to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle the arrow glanced off the tree
[20] (tr) to strike at an oblique angle the arrow glanced the tree
[21] a hasty or brief look; peep
[22] at a glance from one's first look; immediately
[23] a flash or glint of light; gleam
[24] the act or an instance of an object glancing or glancing off another
[25] a brief allusion or reference
[26] cricket a stroke in which the ball is deflected off the bat to the leg side; glide
[27] any mineral having a metallic lustre, esp a simple sulphide copper glance

Words related to Glancing

peer, peek, flash, scan, skip, bounce, dart, skim, kiss, carom, glimpse, browse, see, gaze, peep, view, shine, glisten, twinkle, glint

Words nearby Glancing

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Origin of Glancing

e11400–50; late Middle English glancen (v.), nasalized variant (perhaps influenced by obsolete glent; see glint) of Middle English glacen to strike a glancing blow < Old French glacier to slip, slide < Latin glaciāre to freeze. See glacé

Words that may be confused with Glancing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, glanceglance, glimpse

Other words from Glancing

glanc·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Glancing

eC19: from German Glanz brightness, lustre

Synonyms for Glancing

flash, flip through, peek, peer, scan, browse, gaze, glimpse, peep, see, view, check out, dip into, get a load of, leaf through, riffle through, run over, run through, skim through, take a gander, take in, thumb through