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How to pronounce glance
Say it like this: /ɡlæns/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does glance mean?
verbTo turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
“Vivian glanced a look, which would have been annihilation to any one, not a freeholder of five hundred acres.”
To look briefly at (something).
To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.
nounA brief or cursory look.
“Strangers in the night exchanging glances / Wondering in the night, what were the chances?”
A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.
“Is it the lightning’s quivering glance / That on the thicket streams, / Or do they flash on spear and lance / The sun’s retiring beams?”
A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.
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