The lamp-light, bright on his boots and dull on the autumn-leaf yellow of her hair, glinted along the paper as she turned a page with a flutter of slender muscles in her arms. ---<the great gatsby> P21
glint, verb, /ɡlɪnt/
1
if a shiny surface glints, it gives out small flashes of light SYN sparkle. ► shine.
to shine in small bright flashes. to produce small bright flashes of light. to produce small bright flashes of light reflected from a surface.
The gold rims of his spectacles glinted in the sun.
The waves glinted in the sunlight.
The sea glinted in the moonlight.
The sun glinted on the windows.
The stream glinted in the moonlight.
A large diamond glinted on her finger.
2
if light glints off a surface, it shines back off it.
Sunlight glinted off the windows of a tall apartment building.
The sun glinted off the tops of the waves.
3
if your eyes glint, they shine and show an unfriendly feeling.
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.
When someone's eyes glint, they look bright, expressing a strong emotion.
Her eyes glinted angrily.
Hostility glinted in his eyes.
She smiled at him, her eyes glinting with mischief.
glint, noun, /ɡlɪnt/
1
a look in someone’s eyes which shows a particular feeling SYN gleam. a small amount of emotion seen in a person's eyes.
an expression in sb's eyes showing a particular emotion, often a negative one.
a humorous glint in her eyes.
I thought I detected a glint [=glimmer] of recognition when I met her.
He had a playful glint in his eyes. = He had a glint of playfulness in his eyes.
He had a wicked glint in his eye.
a glint of anger.
a mischievous glint in his eye.
3
a flash of light from a shiny surface. a small flash of light.
a sudden flash of light or colour shining from a bright surface.
when something glints. He saw glints of sunlight on the river's surface.
the glint of the sun on the water.
golden glints in her red hair.
She saw a glint of silver in the grass.
the glint of a knife.
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