Glinting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  glinting \glinting\ adj.
     having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; as,
     glinting eyes; glinting water.
  
     Syn: aglitter(predicate), fulgid, glittering, glittery,
          scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent,


          sparkling(prenominal), sparkly.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glint \Glint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Glinting}.] [OE. glenten. Cf. {Glance}, v. i., {Glitter}, v.
     i.]
     To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to
     glitter. --Burns.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glinting
       adj : having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
             beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
             "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
             window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
             costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the
             scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins";
             "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)},
             {coruscant}, {fulgid}, {glistering}, {glittering}, {glittery},
              {scintillant}, {scintillating}, {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]