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SIDE-GLANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does side-glance mean?
• SIDE-GLANCE (noun)
The noun SIDE-GLANCE has 1 sense:
1. a glance sideways
Familiarity information: SIDE-GLANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A glance sideways
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
side-glance; side-look
Context example:
she shot him an impatient side-glance
Hypernyms ("side-glance" is a kind of...):
coup d'oeil; glance; glimpse (a quick look)
Context examples
—(here was a side-glance of great meaning at Jane.) Upon my word, Perry has restored her in a wonderful short time!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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