/ glɪnt; NAmE / verb , noun
■ verb [ v ]
1.
to produce small bright flashes of light :
The sea glinted in the moonlight.
The sun glinted on the windows.
➡ note at shine
2.
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 :
Her eyes glinted angrily.
Hostility glinted in his eyes.
■ noun
1.
a sudden flash of light or colour shining from a bright surface :
the glint of the sun on the water
golden glints in her red hair
She saw a glint of silver in the grass.
2.
an expression in sb's eyes showing a particular emotion, often a negative one :
He had a wicked glint in his eye.
a glint of anger
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense move quickly or obliquely ): variant of dialect glent , probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish dialect glänta , glinta to slip, slide, gleam.