glance — OAT · Shobdo

glance

verb

1 Rachel glanced at him nervously:

take a quick look, look quickly, look briefly, peek, peep;

glimpse, catch a glimpse of;

Scottish keek;

informal sneak a look, take a gander;

British, informal take a dekko, have a shufti, take a butcher's;

Australian, New Zealand, informal squiz;

archaic glance one's eye.

▷antonyms gaze, scrutinize.

2 I glanced through the report:

read quickly, scan, have a quick look, run one's eye over;

skim, leaf, flick, flip, thumb, browse;

dip into;

informal give something a/the once-over.

▷antonyms study, pore over.

3 a bullet glanced off the ice:

ricochet, rebound, be deflected;

fly, bounce;

graze, clip, make contact with;

Billiards & Snooker cannon, carom;

rare resile.

4 the bright sunlight glanced off her copper hair:

reflect, flash, gleam, glint, glitter, glisten, glimmer, shimmer, flicker, sparkle, twinkle;

rare coruscate.

noun

1 he took a quick glance at his watch:

peek, peep, brief look, quick look;

glimpse;

Scottish keek;

French coup d'œil;

informal gander;

British, informal dekko, shufti, butcher's;

Australian, New Zealand, informal squiz, geek;

New Zealand, informal Jack Nohi.

2 literary a glance of light:

flash, gleam, glitter, glint, glimmer, shimmer, flicker, sparkle, twinkle.

□ at first glance

at first glance, nothing much seemed to have changed:

on the face of it, on the surface, at first sight, to the casual eye, to all appearances, to go/judge by appearances;

apparently, seemingly, outwardly, superficially, it seems (that), it would seem (that), it appears (that), it would appear (that), as far as one can see/tell, by all accounts, so it seems, to all intents and purposes.