| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| glint |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  gl nt |
| NOUN: | 1. A momentary flash of light; a sparkle. 2. A faint or fleeting indication; a trace. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: glint·ed, glint·ing, glints
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To gleam or flash briefly. See synonyms at flash. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To cause to gleam or flash. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English glent, of Scandinavian origin. See ghel-2 in Appendix I.
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