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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Origin: | Perhaps from glent 'to move quickly, shine' (13-19 centuries) |
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glance1 W3
[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]1 to quickly look at someone or something
glance at/up/down etc 
The man glanced nervously at his watch.Wyatt glanced around the restaurant. Emily glanced over her shoulder.
The man glanced nervously at his watch.Wyatt glanced around the restaurant.Emily glanced over her shoulder.glance off (something)
phrasal verb1 to hit a surface at an angle and then move away from it in another direction : The bullet had crushed his helmet and glanced off.
The bullet had crushed his helmet and glanced off.2 literary if light glances off a surface, it flashes or shines back from it : The sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock.
The sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock.WORD CHOICE: WORD CHOICE: 
glance, glimpseglance (verb) means 'to look quickly and deliberately' and a glance is the act of quickly looking at someone or something • I glanced at my watch. • She gave me an amused glance.glimpse (verb) means 'to see something or someone by chance for a very short time' and a glimpse is a sight that you see by chance for a very short time • I glimpsed someone behind the curtain. • We got a glimpse of her face as she hurried past.
WORD CHOICE: glance, glimpseglance (verb) means 'to look quickly and deliberately' and a glance is the act of quickly looking at someone or something • I glanced at my watch. • She gave me an amused glance.glimpse (verb) means 'to see something or someone by chance for a very short time' and a glimpse is a sight that you see by chance for a very short time • I glimpsed someone behind the curtain. • We got a glimpse of her face as she hurried past.
