noun a brief sight ○ We caught a glimpse of the princess as she drove past. ○ There was a brief glimpse of the sun during the afternoon. ■ verb to catch sight of someone or something ○ We only glimpsed the back of her head as she was leaving.
glimpse
n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
1. A sudden flash; transient luster. “LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran.” Milton.
2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. “Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen.” S. Rogers.
3. A faint idea; an inkling.
1. A sudden flash; transient luster. “LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran.” Milton.
2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. “Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen.” S. Rogers.
3. A faint idea; an inkling.
Meaning of “glimpse” in English language – noun a brief sight ○ We caught a glimpse...
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