GLINT
Dictionary entry overview: What does glint mean?
• GLINT (noun)
The noun GLINT has 2 senses:
1. a momentary flash of light
2. a spatially localized brightness
Familiarity information: GLINT used as a noun is rare.
• GLINT (verb)
The verb GLINT has 2 senses:
1. be shiny, as if wet
2. throw a glance at; take a brief look at
Familiarity information: GLINT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GLINT (noun)
Meaning:
A momentary flash of light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
flicker; glint; spark
Hypernyms ("glint" is a kind of...):
flash (a sudden intense burst of radiant energy)
Meaning:
A spatially localized brightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("glint" is a kind of...):
brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)
• GLINT (verb)
Meaning:
Be shiny, as if wet
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
glitter; glisten; glint; gleam; shine
Context example:
His eyes were glistening
Hypernyms (to "glint" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glint"):
spangle (glitter as if covered with spangles)
shimmer (give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
Lights glint on the horizon
The horizon is glinting with lights
Meaning:
Throw a glance at; take a brief look at
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
glance; peek; glint
Context examples:
She only glanced at the paper / I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
Hypernyms (to "glint" is one way to...):
look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
