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glint
Universal Words
verb, noun
verb [V]
1 to produce small bright flashes of light:
The sea glinted in the moonlight. * The sun glinted on the windows.
2 if a person's eyes glint with a particular emotion, or an emotion glints in a person's eyes, the person shows that emotion, which is usually a strong one:
Her eyes glinted angrily. * Hostility glinted in his eyes.
noun
1 a sudden flash of light or colour shining from a bright surface:
the glint of the sun on the water * golden glints in her red hair * She saw a glint of silver in the grass.
2 an expression in sb's eyes showing a particular emotion, often a negative one:
He had a wicked glint in his eye. * a glint of anger / mockery
