adj
Meaning 1
Not sharp; dull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Shropshire, archaic
Examples
- The knife is glint.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
glint
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɡlɪnt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A brief look; a glance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To flash or gleam briefly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- A wedding ring glinted on her finger.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To dry; to wither.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Shropshire, archaic, transitive
Examples
- The sun glints grass and corn.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a spatially localized brightness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brightness
noun
Meaning 9
a momentary flash of light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flicker, spark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flash
verb
Meaning 10
be shiny, as if wet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- His eyes were glistening
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: glitter, glisten, gleam, shine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look, appear, seem
Narrower terms: spangle, shimmer
verb
Meaning 11
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: glance, peek
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look
History
Etymology
15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: проблясък (probljasǎk) — short flash of light
- Bulgarian: светване (svetvane) — short flash of light
- Czech: záblesk — short flash of light
- Czech: odlesk — short flash of light
- Danish: glimt — short flash of light
- Finnish: välähdys — short flash of light
- Finnish: välkähdys — short flash of light
- German: Glitzern — short flash of light
- Greek: σπινθήρισμα (spinthírisma) — short flash of light
- Greek: μαρμαρυγή (marmarygí) — short flash of light
- Greek: ανταύγεια (antávgeia) — short flash of light
- Irish: léaró — short flash of light
- Irish: glioscarnach — short flash of light
- Irish: drithle — short flash of light
- Central Kurdish: تروسکە (truske) — short flash of light
- Macedonian: бле́сок (blésok) — short flash of light
- Macedonian: сјај (sjaj) — short flash of light
- Norwegian Bokmål: glimt — short flash of light
- Norwegian Nynorsk: glimt — short flash of light
- Polish: błysk — short flash of light
- Romanian: scânteie — short flash of light
- Romanian: sclipire — short flash of light
- Russian: вспы́шка (vspýška) — short flash of light
- Spanish: brillo — short flash of light
- Ukrainian: відблиск (vidblysk) — short flash of light
- Ukrainian: блиск (blysk) — short flash of light
- Bulgarian: блясвам (bljasvam) — to flash briefly
- Bulgarian: светвам (svetvam) — to flash briefly
- Czech: zalesknout se — to flash briefly
- Czech: zatřpytit se — to flash briefly
- Dutch: flitsen — to flash briefly
- Finnish: välähtää — to flash briefly
- Finnish: välkähtää — to flash briefly
- German: glitzern — to flash briefly
- Macedonian: бле́ска (bléska) — to flash briefly
- Macedonian: све́тка (svétka) — to flash briefly
- Portuguese: cintilar — to flash briefly
- Romanian: sclipi — to flash briefly
- Romanian: scânteia — to flash briefly
- Russian: вспы́хивать (vspýxivatʹ) — to flash briefly
- Russian: сверка́ть (sverkátʹ) — to flash briefly
- Swedish: glimta — to flash briefly
- Ukrainian: блискати (blyskaty) — to flash briefly
- Ukrainian: блищати (blyščaty) — to flash briefly
- Ukrainian: мерехтіти (merextity) — to flash briefly