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# glint

«glint» in Mova's school dictionary: **To give out a small, quick flash of light** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (glint, glints, glinted, glinting); noun (a glint, glints)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To give out a small, quick flash of light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#m1)

2) (noun) A short bright flash of reflected light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#m2)

3) (noun) A look in the eye showing a feeling such as anger, fun or a clever plan: «a glint in her eye». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories glints of metal or eyes add tension: a knife glints in the dark, a villain's eyes glint. In science, glints are reflections of light from shiny surfaces such as water, glass and metal.

### examples

- Something glinted in the grass – it was a coin! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#x1)
- The knight's sword glinted in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#x2)
- A glint of gold caught her eye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#x3)
- The cat's eyes glinted in the torchlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#x4)
- He had a glint of mischief in his eye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#x5)
- Sunlight glinted on the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#x6)
- "They glint on my banks at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: glinted. A glint is quicker and smaller than a gleam. Similar: sparkle, glimmer, flash.

### In the corpora

- [Far ahead they saw «a glint of the familiar old river».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/32/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «glint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.