glinse

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A form of glimpse — To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.

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Meanings

verbglinse (third-person singular simple present glinses, present participle glinsing, simple past and past participle glinsed)

present singular third person glinses · participle present glinsing · participle past glinsed · past glinsed

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of glimpse.
nounglinse (plural glinses)

plural glinses

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of glimpse.

Origin

Variant of glimpse.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

singleIngelsElsingIlseng
Cite this entry
APA

glinse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glinse

MLA

“glinse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glinse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glinse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glinse.

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