GLIMPSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does glimpse mean?
• GLIMPSE (noun)
The noun GLIMPSE has 3 senses:
1. a quick look
2. a brief or incomplete view
3. a vague indication
Familiarity information: GLIMPSE used as a noun is uncommon.
• GLIMPSE (verb)
The verb GLIMPSE has 1 sense:
1. catch a glimpse of or see briefly
Familiarity information: GLIMPSE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GLIMPSE (noun)
Meaning:
A quick look
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
coup d'oeil; glance; glimpse
Hypernyms ("glimpse" is a kind of...):
look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glimpse"):
eye-beaming (a radiant glance of the eye)
side-glance; side-look (a glance sideways)
Meaning:
A brief or incomplete view
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake
Hypernyms ("glimpse" is a kind of...):
aspect; panorama; prospect; scene; view; vista (the visual percept of a region)
Meaning:
A vague indication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning
Hypernyms ("glimpse" is a kind of...):
indicant; indication (something that serves to indicate or suggest)
• GLIMPSE (verb)
Meaning:
Catch a glimpse of or see briefly
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine
Hypernyms (to "glimpse" is one way to...):
see (perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
