glint

CEFRC1

/ɡlɪnt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small, bright flash of reflected light.

  2. 02

    verb

    To shine with a small bright flash.

Examples

  • A glint of light caught my eye.

  • There was a mischievous glint in his eye.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A brief look; a glance.

  2. Not sharp; dull.

  3. A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.

More examples

In context

  • The diamond gave a bright glint.

  • A wedding ring glinted on her finger.

  • I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The sun caused a bright blank from the piece of glass on the ground.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.