From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glimpse \Glimpse\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Glimpsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimpsing}.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glimpse \Glimpse\, verb (used with an object) To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.
Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glimpse \Glimpse\, noun [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton.
2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.
Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S. Rogers.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a quick look [syn: {glance}, {coup d'oeil}]
2: a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"
3: a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning"
verb
1: catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "glimpse": a little learning, amateurism, behold, blink, cast, cast a glance, catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, dilettantism, dilettantship, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, flash, gander, glance, glance at, glimmering, glint, half an eye, half-learning, have in sight, imperfect knowledge, ken, lay eyes on, look on, look upon, make out, notice, observe, peek, peep, perceive, pick out, quick sight, rapid glance, recognize, sciolism, see, semi-learning, shallowness, sight, slant, slight knowledge, smattering, smattering of ignorance, smattering of knowledge, spot, spy, squiz, superficiality, surface-scratching, take in, twig, vague notion, view, wink, witness
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