(~s, glancing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately.
He ~d at his watch...
I ~d back.
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
2.
If you ~ through or at a newspaper, report, or book, you spend a short time looking at it without reading it very carefully.
I picked up the phone book and ~d through it...
I never even ~d at the political page of a daily paper.
VERB: V through/at n, V through/at n
3.
A ~ is a quick look at someone or something.
Trevor and I exchanged a ~.
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4.
If you see something at a ~, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully.
One could tell at a ~ that she was a compassionate person.
PHRASE
5.
If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first ~, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong.
At first ~, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer.
PHRASE: PHR with cl
6.
If you steal a ~ at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking.
He stole a ~ at the clock behind her.
PHRASE: V and N inflect, oft PHR at n