glinse
English
Etymology
Variant of glimpse.
Noun
glinse (plural glinses)
- Alternative form of glimpse
Verb
glinse (third-person singular simple present glinses, present participle glinsing, simple past and past participle glinsed)
- Alternative form of glimpse
Anagrams
- Nigels, ingles, single
Danish
Verb
glinse
- glisten (of a wet or greasy surface)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
glinse (imperative glins, present tense glinser, preterite and past participle glinsa or glinset)
- (intransitive) reflect light, glisten
- 2004, Karl Ove Knausgård, En tid for alt:
- de smatter og slurper, kjakene glinser av fett
- they chomp and slurp, their cheeks glistening with grease
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- (transitive) polish
References
- “glinse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
- glisne, isleng, singel, single
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
glinse (present tense glinsar, past tense glinsa, past participle glinsa, passive infinitive glinsast, present participle glinsande, imperative glinse/glins)
- Alternative form of glinsa