Word of the Day: Glance
To glance at something is to look at it quickly.
- Gloria glanced at the headlines on the front page of the newspaper, but she didn’t read the stories.
- The boy on the beach secretly glanced at the girls on the beach under the cover of dark sunglasses.
- Maria and Tom exchanged glances as they sat across from each other in the classroom. (This means that they probably like each other in romantic fashion.)
- You can take a very quick glance at the sun, but don’t stare at it. It will burn your eyes!
- I caught a glance of myself as I passed by the store window. (I saw a reflection of myself in the glass. This sentence uses “glance” as a noun.)
- Do you mind if I steal a glance at that? (This is an expression. To steal a glance is to look at something very quickly.)
- I need to take a glance at your computer to see what the problem is.
Essential English Dictionary
Visit the Popular English Words Beginning with G page to see the list of all words starting with letter G. For seeing the HiCafe dictionary, visit the Popular English Words with Meaning page.