glint

[glint]

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noun

a tiny, quick flash of light.
gleaming brightness; luster.
a brief or slight manifestation or occurrence; inkling; trace.

verb (used without object)

to shine with a glint.
to move suddenly; dart.

verb (used with object)

to cause to glint; reflect.

Origin of glint

1400–50; late Middle English glint, variant of obsolete glent; compare Danish glente, Swedish dialect glänta to glimpse, brighten

Synonyms for glint

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1. gleam, glimmer. 4. See flash.

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Related Words for glinting

waxy, glistening, shimmering, radiant, dazzling, sparkling, glowing, gleaming, incandescent, polished, luminous, shiny, glorious, splendid, burnished, brilliant, exciting, lively, shine, twinkle

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Historical Examples of glinting

The little white head was glinting off again when the father called it back.
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Lestrange gave his fine, glinting smile as he rose to salute Emily.
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Eleanor M. Ingram
Head and front of them all was Hito, fat and shining, with glinting pig's eyes.
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C. Bryson Taylor
The blue dawn of morning was glinting among the rocks when I awoke.
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Mayne Reid
He pointed to Trowley's ship, and then to the far and glinting horizon.
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British Dictionary definitions for glinting

glint

verb

to gleam or cause to gleam brightly

noun

a bright gleam or flash
brightness or gloss
a brief indication

Word Origin for glint

C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect glänta, glinta to gleam

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Word Origin and History for glinting

glint

1540s (modern use from 1826), from glint (v.).

glint

1787, from Scottish, where apparently it survived as an alteration of Middle English glenten "gleam, flash, glisten" (mid-15c.), from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norwegian gletta "to look," dialectal Swedish glinta "to shine"), from Proto-Germanic *glent-, from PIE *ghel- "to shine, glitter, glow, be warm" (see glass). Reintroduced into literary English by Burns. Related: Glinted; glinting.