Glancing

Word GLANCING
Character 8
Hyphenation glan cing
Pronunciations /ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Glancing"

What do we mean by glancing?

Oblique in direction; slanting or deflected. adjective

Not straightforward; indirect. adjective

Shooting, as light. adjective

Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction. adjective

Present participle of glance. verb

Making a superficial, obtuse contact with something. adjective

To look briefly (at something).

To graze a surface.

To sparkle.

To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.

To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.

To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.

A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.

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The word "glancing" in example sentences

But in glancing at each of these (and more) it was easy for me to see whether the phrase “right wing boogeyman” referred to a right winger who was acting as a boogeyman, or someone who was acting as a boogeyman to the right wing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I see I have been lax in glancing through the ranks. ❋ Alienne (2002)

One of the first things we notice in glancing at the portrait is the peculiar angle at which the ❋ Unknown (1996)

It was a cold day, but the sun was bright and, glancing from the snow that lay deep outside, it filled the plain room with light. ❋ Unknown (1955)

He reached out and rapped on the door, and as the page outside opened it, "Show this person out," he said, without again glancing toward Abel. ❋ Unknown (1930)

Thick and fast they fell, rattling on the deck, glancing from the men's armour, wounding not a few. ❋ Henrietta Elizabeth (1917)

"It's a gloomy old business, isn't it?" he observed, glancing from the high canopied bed with its hangings of faded damask to an engraving of the Marriage of Pocahontas between the dormer-windows. ❋ Unknown (1911)

"I am very ill-natured," I said, glancing from the kindly blue eyes of the elderly man to the laughing blue eyes of the younger man; "but I could not help it. ❋ Unknown (1890)

It's as close to the equator as I've ever managed to get, and I recall glancing outside the window at the satellite dish on the house exterior and noting it pointed almost straight up, whereas in Scotland I'm sure they're angled somewhat unsurprisingly once you think about it towards the horizon. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I shall take the liberty to suggest to Captain Garningham to have a quantity of mosquito netting on board, to provide against these pests, "replied the Floridian, glancing from the Englishman to me. ❋ Oliver Optic (1859)

The private had received eight broken ribs, a pulverized collarbone, and a dislocated left arm from what he later described as a glancing blow from a monster's huge paw. ❋ Simmons, Dan (2007)

I recall glancing at simulations I don't know of good links for them of the wave motion. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Antikas swayed to the right, his enemy's sword glancing along his ribs. ❋ Gemmell, David (1997)

The serf was about to reply, when the clear ringing call of a bugle burst from the wood close behind them, and Alleyne caught sight for an instant of the dun side and white breast of a lordly stag glancing swiftly betwixt the distant tree trunks. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1902)

She trembled with fear, and did not again venture to turn round; she felt quite cold at the idea of glancing into the room any more. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)

The train hit Augustine in what was described as a glancing blow. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I recall glancing at the top of the leaderboards for some of the pinball tables in Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (PS3 version) and finding some scores that were beyond the 32-bit signed int limit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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