glance
♦ glance /gl'ɑːns, gl'æns/ (glances glancing glanced)
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately.
He glanced at his watch...
I glanced back.
2 [VERB] V through/at n, V through/at n
If you glance through or at a newspaper, report, or book, you spend a short time looking at it without reading it very carefully.
I picked up the phone book and glanced through it...
I never even glanced at the political page of a daily paper.
3 [N-COUNT]
A glance is a quick look at someone or something.
Trevor and I exchanged a glance.
4 [PHRASE]
If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully.
One could tell at a glance that she was a compassionate person.
5 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first glance, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong.
At first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer.
6 [PHRASE] V and N inflect, oft PHR at n
If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking.
He stole a glance at the clock behind her.glance off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If an object glances off something, it hits it at an angle and bounces away in another direction.
My fist glanced off his jaw.
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately.
He glanced at his watch...
I glanced back.
2 [VERB] V through/at n, V through/at n
If you glance through or at a newspaper, report, or book, you spend a short time looking at it without reading it very carefully.
I picked up the phone book and glanced through it...
I never even glanced at the political page of a daily paper.
3 [N-COUNT]
A glance is a quick look at someone or something.
Trevor and I exchanged a glance.
4 [PHRASE]
If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully.
One could tell at a glance that she was a compassionate person.
5 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first glance, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong.
At first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer.
6 [PHRASE] V and N inflect, oft PHR at n
If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking.
He stole a glance at the clock behind her.glance off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If an object glances off something, it hits it at an angle and bounces away in another direction.
My fist glanced off his jaw.