glint
A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surfaceA short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
» The light glinted off the water.
Das Licht schimmerte auf dem Wasser. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 sensesA short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.
Glitzern
вспы́шкаvspýška
відблискvidblysk, блискblysk
a momentary flash of light
(obsolete)A brief look; a glance.
Examples
5 sentencesThe light glinted off the water.
deDas Licht schimmerte auf dem Wasser. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The roof is glinting in the sun.
deDas Dach glänzt in der Sonne. — Haehnchenpaella
The gold was glinting in the sun.
Fyodor's eyes glinted in the feeble moonlight.
Mary's eyes glinted with excitement.
ruВ глазах Мэри блеснуло волнение. — odexed
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Origin
15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; fl15th 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.
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