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glance off

glance off verb: to strike a surface and be deflected.

Verb

glance off (third-person singular simple present glances off, present participle glancing off, simple past and past participle glanced off)

  1. (transitive) To strike a surface and be deflected
    • The ball glanced off the edge of his racquet.

Forms of glance off

third-person singular presentglances off
present participleglancing off
past participleglanced off
pastglanced off

Questions about glance off

What does glance off mean?
Glance off means to strike a surface and be deflected.
What part of speech is glance off?
Glance off is a verb.
What is the past tense of glance off?
The past tense of glance off is glanced off.

Words near glance off in the dictionary

  1. glanc't
  2. glance
  3. glance away
  4. glance coal
  5. glance coals
  6. glance off
  7. glance over
  8. glanceability
  9. glanceable
  10. glanced
  11. glanced away

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