verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012noun
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a bright gleam or flash
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brightness or gloss
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a brief indication
Related Words
See flash.
Etymology
Origin of glint
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English glint, variant of obsolete glent; compare Danish glente, Swedish dialect glänta “to glimpse, brighten”
Example Sentences
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His inch towards 700 wickets has been painstaking over the past year, but the milestone was achieved at a picture-perfect setting, with the sun glinting off the snow-capped Himalayan mountains.
From BBC
"It will continue," said the mayor, turning his head back towards the beach, the flat expanse of water, and the White Cliffs of Dover glinting, beguilingly, in the distance.
From BBC
"The glint in his eye, his cheeky smile, his huge intellect, his stellar playing and above all else, his kind, caring nature."
From BBC
“It was louder and closer; it was no longer a single belligerent hum glinting with accents of brass; it had diversified into a rolling scrabble of anger, holiday high spirits and sports crowd roar.”
From Los Angeles Times
Tara and Badger have a natural cozy chemistry: Her necklace spells “angel” in glinting gold letters; he has a neck tattoo of a lipstick kiss.
From Los Angeles Times
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