glance

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To look at something quickly and briefly.

   She glanced at her watch and realised she was late.

2. 2
   verb

   To hit something at an angle and bounce off to the side.

   The ball glanced off the post and went out of play.

Common collocations

• glance over Verb + preposition/particle

The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; of a person: to turn quickly aside, dodge”) [and other forms], a blend of: * Old French glacier, glachier, glaichier (“to slide; to slip”) (whence also Middle English glacen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; to glide”)), from glace (“frozen water, ice”) (from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin, + -ier (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs); and * Old French guenchir, ganchir (“to avoid; to change direction; to elude, evade”) [and other form…

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