glance - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Glance involves quick contact. When you glance at someone you take a quick peek at them. When a knife blow glances off you, it doesn't penetrate, but hits at an angle.

When you glance at someone, it's often because you don't want to be caught staring. Remember: "Strangers in the night/exchanging glances..." In certain circles, if someone is caught glancing at someone else's girlfriend, he'll find himself in a fist fight, praying only that his beefy opponent will deliver only a glancing blow.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: glance

1	v n	throw a glance at; take a brief look at a quick look
2	v	hit at an angle

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: glance

1

v throw a glance at; take a brief look at

“She only glanced at the paper”

Synonyms:: glint, peek

Type of:: look
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

n a quick look

Synonyms:: coup d'oeil, glimpse

Types:: eye-beaming
a radiant glance of the eye; side-glance, side-look
a glance sideways

Type of:: look, looking, looking at
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

2

v hit at an angle

Type of:: collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
hit against; come into sudden contact with