glint

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

glint (plural glints)

1. A short flash of light.

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

Translations

short flash of light

• Czech: záblesk (cs) m, odlesk (cs) m
• Finnish: välähdys (fi), välkähdys (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: تروسکه‌ (ku) (truska)

• Romanian: scânteie (ro)
• Russian: вспышка (ru) (vspyška)

Verb

glint (third-person singular simple present glints, present participle glinting, simple past and past participle glinted)

1. To flash briefly.
2. To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Robert Burns to this entry?)

Translations

to flash briefly

• Dutch: flitsen (nl)
• Finnish: välähtää (fi), välkähtää (fi)

• Russian: вспыхивать (ru) (vspyxivatʹ), сверкать (ru) (sverkatʹ)