GLIMPSE

glance, glimpse, coup d'oeil

(noun) a quick look

glimpse

(noun) a brief or incomplete view; “from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake”

glimpse

(noun) a vague indication; “he caught only a glimpse of the professor’s meaning”

glimpse

(verb) catch a glimpse of or see briefly; “We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

glimpse (plural glimpses)

A brief look, glance, or peek.

A sudden flash.

A faint idea; an inkling.

Verb

glimpse (third-person singular simple present glimpses, present participle glimpsing, simple past and past participle glimpsed)

(transitive) To see or view briefly or incompletely.

(intransitive) To appear by glimpses.

Synonyms

• perceive, notice, detect, espy, spot, catch sight of

Anagrams

• megilps

Source: Wiktionary

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Glimpse, n. Etym: [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]

1. A sudden flash; transient luster. LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. Milton.

2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. S. Rogers.

3. A faint idea; an inkling.

Glimpse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.]

Definition: to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.

Glimpse, v. t.

Definition: To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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