glimpse

5 definitions found

glimpse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glimpse \Glimpse\, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
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     1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
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              LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton.
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     2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary
        perception; a quick sight.
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              Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S.
                                                    Rogers.
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     3. A faint idea; an inkling.
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  Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Glimpsing.]
     to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton.
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  Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. t.
     To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or
     hurried view of.
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           Some glimpsing and no perfect sight.     --Chaucer.
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glimpse - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  glimpse
      n 1: a quick look [syn: glance, glimpse, coup d'oeil]
      2: a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a
         glimpse of the lake"
      3: a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the
         professor's meaning"
      v 1: catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen
           as she got into her limousine"

glimpse - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "glimpse":
     a little learning, amateurism, behold, blink, cast, cast a glance,
     catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, dilettantism, dilettantship,
     discern, discover, distinguish, espy, flash, gander, glance,
     glance at, glimmering, glint, half an eye, half-learning,
     have in sight, imperfect knowledge, ken, lay eyes on, look on,
     look upon, make out, notice, observe, peek, peep, perceive,
     pick out, quick sight, rapid glance, recognize, sciolism, see,
     semi-learning, shallowness, sight, slant, slight knowledge,
     smattering, smattering of ignorance, smattering of knowledge, spot,
     spy, squiz, superficiality, surface-scratching, take in, twig,
     vague notion, view, wink, witness