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| glimpse [ glimps ] |
noun (plural glimps·es) |
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1. brief look: a quick or incomplete look or sighting of somebody or something
  I just caught a glimpse of her face in the crowd.
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2. small indication: a small, brief, or indistinct indication or appearance of something
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verb (past and past participle glimpsed, present participle glimps·ing, 3rd person present singular glimps·es) |
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1. transitive verb see something or somebody briefly: to catch sight of somebody or something briefly or incompletely
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2. intransitive verb take brief look: to have a quick or incomplete look at or through something
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| [14th century. Ultimately < Germanic] |
