Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brief, incomplete view or look.
- noun Archaic A brief flash of light.
- intransitive verb To obtain a brief, incomplete view of.
- intransitive verb To look briefly; glance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A transient gleam; a momentary ray or flash of light.
- noun A transient or hurried view; a glance, as in passing; hence, a momentary or chance experience of anything; a faint perception.
- noun A faint trace or share; a slight tinge.
- To glimmer; shine.
- To come into momentary view; appear transiently or as in a flash.
- To look momentarily or accidentally.
- To get a momentary view of; see transiently.
- To show or cause to be seen as by a glimpse. We conclude this survey with the mention of the psychology of the developing child, glimpsing as it does, in the budding capabilities of the infant, the microcosm of the race and an epitome of the struggle for civilization.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sudden flash; transient luster.
- noun A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.
- noun A faint idea; an inkling.
- intransitive verb to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
- transitive verb To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A brief
look ,glance , orpeek . - verb transitive To
see orview briefly orincompletely .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb catch a glimpse of or see briefly
- noun a vague indication
- noun a quick look
- noun a brief or incomplete view
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The words, '_There is not a glimpse of poetry in his Tragedies_,' should be, as written, '_There is not an extraneous glimpse_,' &c. "
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Mon 11/30/09 5: 48 PM oooo … I would love to see Flight Time on DWTS … we already got a glimpse from the challenge …. and we want more!!!
'The Amazing Race': Talking with Flight Time and Big Easy | EW.com 2009
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Great to hear about the continuing adventures (whether forward in a timeline, or a glimpse from the past) of Pendergast!
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Very scarey … … and this brief glimpse is totally very much like the orginal.
Must Watch: First The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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A quick glimpse from the exciting jungle chase scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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I was just taking a glimpse from a small corner of the window.
Archive 2008-12-01 Jerine 2008
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I was just taking a glimpse from a small corner of the window.
I'm too hot for Auckland Jerine 2008
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Each glimpse is through the eyes of an eleven-year-old native of the far future, separated by hundreds of millions of years.
REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction # 23 edited by Gardner Dozois 2006
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Never mind the fact that the Diamond numbers are just one segment of the total comics market these days, and they present a very short term glimpse at that.
Market Share: So What? David S. Carter 2007
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Never mind the fact that the Diamond numbers are just one segment of the total comics market these days, and they present a very short term glimpse at that.
Archive 2007-07-01 David S. Carter 2007
gcastro commented on the word glimpse
my dad said he took a glimpse at the car a friend bought and it was in good condition
October 31, 2010