noun
glint
glihnt
noun
1
A brief flash of light, often reflected off something shiny.
"There was a glint of metal in the grass — someone had dropped a coin."
"A glint of mischief flashed in her eyes."
verb
1
To flash or gleam briefly.
"The knife glinted in the moonlight."
How to Use Glint
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA quick, sharp flash of reflected light, or a similarly sharp look in someone's eyes.
Common pairings
a glint in his eye
glint of sunlight
metallic glint
Word Forms
more glint comparative, glinted past tense, glints plural, glints singular, most glint superlative
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Etymology
Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten, "to shine or flash," and reintroduced into wider literary English by the poet Robert Burns.