Glance definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

verb

1. 

(

intransitive

)

to look hastily or briefly

2. 

(

intr;

foll by

over, through,

etc

)

to look over briefly

to glance through a report

3. 

(

intransitive

)

to reflect glint , or gleam

the sun glanced on the water

4. 

(

intransitive

;

usually foll by

off

)

angle

to depart (from an object struck ) at an oblique

the arrow glanced off the tree

5. 

(

transitive

)

to strike at an oblique angle

the arrow glanced the tree

▶ USAGE

Glance

is sometimes wrongly used where

glimpse

is meant:

he caught a glimpse

(not

glance

)

of her making her way through the crowd

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