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glance verb

  /ɡlæns/ , /ɡlɑːns/
  • To look briefly at (something).
 vilkaista, pälyillä, silmäillä, silmätä, vilkuilla
  • (ball games) To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction.
 hipaista
  • To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
  • Often followed by at: of the eyes or a person: to look briefly.
 katsahtaa, vilkaista
  • (also, figuratively) To cause (something) to move obliquely.
 liikuttaa vinoon
  • (cricket) To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler).
 lyödä maila vinossa
  • (also, figuratively) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
 pompata
  • To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
 vihjailla, vihjaista, vihjata
  • Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.
 vilahtaa, välkehtiä
  • To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.
 vilauttaa
  • (ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: to rapidly touch the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
 vilkuilla
  • Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.
 välkehtiä

glance noun

  /ɡlæns/ , /ɡlɑːns/
  • (also, figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
 silmäys, vilkaisu
  • (cricket) A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.
 lyönti maila vinossa
  • (also, figuratively) A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.
 vilaus, väläys
  • (ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
 vilkuilu

glance noun

  /ɡlæns/ , /ɡlɑːns/
  • (obsolete, except, in the names of certain minerals) Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
 kiille
glance coal
kivihiili
at first glance
ensinäkemältä, ensisilmäyksellä
at a glance
ensivilkaisulla, yhdellä silmäyksellä
glance look
katse
glance furtively
pälyillä
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