GLINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glint mean? 

• GLINT (noun)
  The noun GLINT has 2 senses:

1. a momentary flash of light

2. a spatially localized brightness

  Familiarity information: GLINT used as a noun is rare.

• GLINT (verb)
  The verb GLINT has 2 senses:

1. be shiny, as if wet

2. throw a glance at; take a brief look at

  Familiarity information: GLINT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A momentary flash of light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

flicker; glint; spark

Hypernyms ("glint" is a kind of...):

flash (a sudden intense burst of radiant energy)

Derivation:

glint (be shiny, as if wet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A spatially localized brightness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("glint" is a kind of...):

brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)

• GLINT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they glint    ... he / she / it glints   
Past simple: glinted   
Past participle: glinted   
-ing form: glinting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be shiny, as if wet

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

gleam; glint; glisten; glitter; shine

Context example:

His eyes were glistening

Hypernyms (to "glint" is one way to...):

appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glint"):

spangle (glitter as if covered with spangles)

shimmer (give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence examples:

Lights glint on the horizon
The horizon is glinting with lights

Derivation:

glint (a momentary flash of light)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Throw a glance at; take a brief look at

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

glance; glint; peek

Context example:

I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting

Hypernyms (to "glint" is one way to...):

look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

He saw that the little birds were all gone, and once he saw the glint of sunlight on a rifle-barrel.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He emptied the hundred gold pieces into her lap in a glinting, tinkling stream.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Suddenly my eyes caught the glint of a light.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The glint of the gold in each case caught my eye, you see.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The radar instrument observed a glint, indicating an extremely smooth surface like that observed from Titan's hydrocarbon seas.

(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)

A recrudescence of anger glinted in Weedon Scott's grey eyes, and he muttered savagely, "The beast!"

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It towered high, the old house, with many little windows in which the moon glinted, and with a strip of water running round three sides of it.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Once, as it moved, I thought I saw the glint of two terrible, greenish eyes.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was laughing with his red mouth; the sharp white teeth glinted in the moonlight when he turned to look back over the belt of trees, to where the dogs were barking.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

This is the first glint of hope I had since the attack failed, and I owe it you.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)