glance at


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glance

verb
1. To look briefly and quickly:
glimpse, peek, peep.
2. To emit light suddenly in rays or sparks:
coruscate, flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink.
3. To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected:
carom, dap, graze, ricochet, skim, skip.
phrasal verb
glance at or over
To look through reading matter casually:
browse, dip into, flip through, leaf (through), riffle (through), run through, scan, skim, thumb (through).
noun
1. A quick look:
blush, glimpse, peek, peep.
Informal: gander.
2. A sudden quick light:
blink, coruscation, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark, twinkle, wink.
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"Captain Goodfellow," he said, "I should be glad if you would glance at the contents of that note."
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Every time he stole a glance at the girls' side of the room Becky's face troubled him.
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