Glimpse
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:16 pts7 letters
Definition of Glimpse
Verb
- To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely. To perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.
"I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem."
- To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
- To perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.
"I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem."
- Chiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance. To shine with a faint, unsteady light; to glimmer, to shimmer.
- Chiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance.
Noun
- Chiefly followed by of: a brief and incomplete look.
"I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you the colour but not the registration number."
- A brief, sudden flash of light; a glimmer.
- A faint or imprecise idea; an inkling. A brief, unspecified amount of time; a moment.
- A faint or imprecise idea; an inkling.
- A brief, unspecified amount of time; a moment.
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