glimpse

glimpse is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sudden flash; transient luster. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A sudden flash; transient luster.
2. noun. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.
3. noun. A faint idea; an inkling.
4. intransitive verb. to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
5. transitive verb. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.
6. noun. a quick look

   Synonyms: glance

7. noun. a brief or incomplete view

   "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"

8. noun. a vague indication

   "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning"

9. verb. catch a glimpse of or see briefly

   "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine"

Synonyms

glance

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in glimpse:

megilps

Common word forms

glimpsed, glimpser, glimpses, glimpsing

Words from these letters

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