What does "glimpse" mean?
Glimpse: A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. S. Rogers.
Additional senses
- 2.A faint idea; an inkling.
- 3.to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.
- 4.To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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