glancing

glancing

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋ/

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Verb

glancing

1. present participle of glance

Adjective

glancing (comparative more glancing, superlative most glancing)

1. Making superficial, obtuse contact with something.

   His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw.

Translations

making superficial contact

Italian: radente (it)

Noun

glancing (plural glancings)

1. A sideways look; a glance.
   • 1856, David Brown, Christ's second coming: will it be pre-millennial?

     No doubt, sometimes there are comprehensive glancings at, and interminglings of different future eras of prophecy.

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• clanging