Glint

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

glint
    n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: {flicker}, {spark},
         {glint}]
    2: a spatially localized brightness
    v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn:
         {glitter}, {glisten}, {glint}, {gleam}, {shine}]
    2: throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at
       the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything
       interesting" [syn: {glance}, {peek}, {glint}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Glint \Glint\, v. t.
   To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Glint \Glint\ (gl[i^]nt), n. [OE. glent.]
   A glimpse, glance, or gleam. [Scot.] "He saw a glint of
   light." --Ramsay.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Glint \Glint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Glinting}.] [OE. glenten. Cf. {Glance}, v. i., {Glitter}, v.
   i.]
   To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to
   glitter. --Burns.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "glint":
      afterglow, air glow, be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, blaze,
      blaze of light, blind, burn, candescence, cast a glance, coruscate,
      coruscation, daze, dazzle, diffuse light, facula, flame, flare,
      flash, flush, fulgurate, give light, glance, glance at, glare,
      glaze, gleam, gleam of light, glimmer, glimpse, glisten, glitter,
      gloss, glow, incandesce, incandescence, luster, polish, radiate,
      scintillation, send out rays, sheen, shimmer, shine,
      shine brightly, shininess, shining light, shoot, shoot out rays,
      skylight, solar flare, solar prominence, sparkle, sunset glow,
      twinkle

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