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glint (glint)

intransitive verb

  1. to shine or reflect with intermittent flashes of light; gleam, flash, or glitter
  2. Archaic to move quickly, esp. glancingly

Etymology: ME glenten, prob. < Scand, as in Swed dial glänta, akin to MHG glinzen, to glint, Ger glänzen, to shine < IE *ghlendh- < base *ĝhel-, to shine > glow, glass

noun

a gleam, flash, or glitter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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