Glint

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  • noun. A momentary flash of light; a sparkle.
  • noun. A faint or fleeting indication; a trace.
  • intransitive verb. To gleam or give out small flashes of light, usually by reflection: synonym: flash.
  • intransitive verb. To be reflected in small flashes.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A gleam; a shimmer of light, as through a chink; a flash, as of lightning.
  • noun. A glimpse; a momentary view.
  • Slippery.
  • To shine; gleam; glance; show suddenly, as a gleam of light or a flash of lightning, or an objeet appearing and disappearing.
  • To glance; turn the eyes.
  • To glance aside; pass by.
  • To pass quickly or suddenly, like a gleam of light.
  • To reflect in glints or flashes.
  • To cast; throw; put aside.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
  • noun. A glimpse, glance, or gleam.
  • transitive verb. To glance; to turn.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. short flash of light
  • verb. to flash briefly
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. throw a glance at; take a brief look at
  • noun. a spatially localized brightness
  • verb. be shiny, as if wet
  • noun. a momentary flash of light
  • Word Usage
    "And they are almost all powered by solar panels which glint from the walls and rooftops wherever you look."
    Form
    glinted  glinting  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brightness  flash  look  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clint  Flint  Schwindt  clint  dint  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blur  chuckle  flare  flash  glare  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    glinted  glinting  glints