■ verb give out or reflect small flashes of light.
■ noun
1》 a small flash of light, especially a reflected one.
2》 an expression of an emotion in a person's eyes.
Origin
ME (in the sense 'move quickly or obliquely'): var. of dialect glent , prob. of Scand. origin and related to Swed. dialect glänta , ~a 'to slide, gleam'.