GLANCE
ADJECTIVES
► OLD-FASHIONED of a look or glance: disapproving → 1902 sl.
► SKANCE of a look, glance, etc.: oblique, sidelong → 1866
ADVERBS
► BAGGINGLY with a side glance, with a leer or ogle → c1400 obs.
► WITH THE TAIL OF THE EYE with a sidelong or furtive glance → 1824
NOUNS
► AMORETS amorous glances; dalliances → L16 obs.
► ASPECT an amorous glance → L19 sl.
► BAD EYE the evil eye; a curse or threatening glance → 1887 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
► BEAM OF SIGHT a glance → 1579
► BEDROOM EYE, THE ► BEDROOM EYES a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEND inclination of the eye in any direction, glance → 1601 obs.
► BLENCH a glance, a glimpse → 1878 Eng. dial.
► BLENK ► BLINK a glance; a glimpse; a wink → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BO-PEEP a look; a glance → 1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
► BUTCHER’S (HOOK) a look, a glance → 1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘look’
► BY-VIEW a side glance, a glimpse; a look directed to an object, not immediately before the eye → 1753
► CAPTAIN COOK a look, a glance → 1932 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘look’
► COME-HITHER LOOK a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COME-ON EYE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COME-UP-AND-SEE-ME-SOMETIME LOOK a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COOLER a chilly glance; a snub; rejection → 20C Aust. sl.
► COUP D’OEIL a glance taking in a general view → 1739
► DECK ► DEKH ► DEKK a look, a glance → 1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
► DECKO ► DEKKO a look, a glance → 1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
► EYE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EYEBALL a look or glance; an inspection → 1967 sl.
► EYE-BEAM a glance of the eye, imagined as a beam of light → 1583
► EYE-CAST an act or manner of casting the eye; a glance, a look → a1669
► EYE CHATTER a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EYESHOT a look, a glance; esp. one that is sudden or piercing → 1615
► EYE TRICK a covert or seductive glance → 1603
► EYEWINK a look or glance, esp. one expressing command or invitation → 1591 obs.
► FIRE-FLAUGHT a fiery glance → 1802
► GANDER a look, a glance → 1914 sl., orig. US
► GEEK a look, a glance → 1919 Aust sl.
► GIG a look, a glance → 1924 Aust. sl.
► GINK a look, a glance → 1945 Aust. sl.
► GLAD EYE, THE a glance suggestive of sexual desire → 1911 sl.
► GLAIK ► GLEEK a glance, a quick look → 1930s Irish sl.
► GLIFF a glimpse, a glance; a slight or transient view → 1570 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GLIM a look, a glimpse, a glance → 1899 Amer. dial.
► GLUNT 1. a glance, a look → 1819 Eng. dial.
2. a scowling or suspicious glance cast sideways or over the shoulder → 1825 Sc.
► GOO EYES a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOOGLY EYES a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOO-GOO ► GOO-GOOS an amorous glance directed at a loved, or hopefully soon to be loved, one → L19 sl.
► GOO-GOO EYES an amorous glance directed at a loved, or hopefully soon to be loved, one; a glance indicative of infatuation → 1897 sl.
► GOO-GOO LAMP an amorous glance directed at a loved, or hopefully soon to be loved, one → L19 sl.
► GOOGY EYES amorous glances → 1910s US sl.
► HURRYGRAPH something done, produced, or experienced in a hurry, esp. a hasty glance or fleeting impression → 1851 US
► JACK ► JACK NOHI a look-round, a glance → 1970s NZ sl.
► KEEK a peep, a stolen glance → 1821 Sc.
► LECH a look, glance → c1205 obs.
► LOOK-SEE a look, a glance; an inspection or examination; a survey → 1876 colloq.
► MASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OEILLADE a glance of the eye, esp. an amorous glance; an ogle → 1592
► OGLE an amorous glance, a frankly sexual stare → 1697
► OGLE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD-FASHIONED LOOK a glance of quizzical disapproval → 1961 UK sl.
► ONCE a quick glance of appraisal → 1910s sl., orig. US
► ONCE-OVER a quick glance of appraisal → 1910s sl., orig. US
► O.O., THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OOGLE EYES an amorous glance directed at a loved, or hopefully soon to be loved, one → L19 sl.
► PASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PEEKO a glance; a quick look-about → c1910 sl.
► SCANCE ► SKANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs → 1787 Sc.
► SCOUK ► SKOOK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look → c1715 Sc.
► SHEEP’S EYE an amorous glance → 1604
► SHEEP’S EYES shy amorous, lovesick glances → 1520
► SHUFTI ► SHUFTY a look; a glance → 1943 Brit. sl. orig. army
► SKELLY a glance, a look → 20C Irish
► SKEW a side glance → 1622 obs.
► SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints → 1881
► SQUINT a look, a glance → 1673 sl.
► SQUIZ ► SQUIZZ a look, a glance → 1913 Aust. & NZ sl.
► STYME a glimpse or glance; the last bit or quantity of anything; a moment of time → 1776 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TEET a stolen glance; a peep → 1819 Sc.
► TOOT a peep or glance → 1865 Eng. dial.
► TWINKLE a wink; a blink; also, a momentary glance → 1548 obs.
► TWIRE a glance, a leer → 1676 sl., obs.
VERBS
► BAGGE to look askew or obliquely; to leer, to ogle, to glance aside → 1369 obs.
► BLENCH to glance → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLINK to take a hasty glance → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLIX to look at something; to glance at something → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CUT ONE’S EYES ► CUT ONE’S EYES AT A PERSON to cast a glance at a person, esp. furtively or coldly; to catch a person’s glance → 1803
► GLAD-EYE to glance at with a suggestion of sexual desire → 1935 sl.
► GLAIK ► GLEEK to glance quickly → 1930s Irish sl.
► GLIFF to look in a quick, hurried manner, to glance → c1330 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GLUNT to peep, to glance → 1842 Eng. dial.
► KEEK to glance, to gaze → c1386 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► ONCE-OVER to glance at, to survey → 1920s sl.
► SCANCE to glance, to look with disdain → 1611 chiefly Sc.
► SKEN to squint; to give a side look; to glance → 1611 Eng. dial.
► SKIN to glance over, to examine → 1895
► SLANT to glance at → 1900s sl.
► SQUIZ to look at or glance; to peer → 1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
► TAKE A GANDER to look at, to glance at → 1930s sl., orig. US