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glime

/ɡlaɪm/

glime verb: to glance (at); to look sideways.

Verb

glime (third-person singular simple present glimes, present participle gliming, simple past and past participle glimed)

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To glance (at); to look sideways.
    • He was gliming at her from closer range now, and in her position—for he held her still—she could not help but glime back. He looked so humble—penitent for once, yet reproachful, his own eyes moist, and, withal, the old, audacious David, that in her own despite her anger waned.1898, Alfred Ollivant, “The Storm Breaks” (chapter XXII), in Owd Bob: The Grey Dog of Kenmuir, London: Methuen & Co., page 212
    • And on Sunday evenings, while the Primitives were singing a hymn outside their chapel before going in for service, she would be tripping past, lightly shod, and wearing a hat with an ostrich feather, on her way to town, where a German band played sacred music on the promenade, and young people...1921, Hall Caine, “The Call of Bessie Collister” (chapter 8), in The Master of Man: The Story of a Sin, Philadelphia; London: J.B. Lippincott Company, page 73

Noun

glime (plural glimes)

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) A sideways glance.
    • ‘Aw, ye wouldn't think it's true, would ye, now?’ said Ned, with a wink at Dan and a ‘glime’ at Davy.1887, Hall Caine, “The First Night with the Herrings” (chapter X), in The Deemster, London: Chatto & Windus, page 218

Forms of glime

Verb
third-person singular presentglimes
present participlegliming
past participleglimed
pastglimed
alternative form (obsolete)glyme
Noun
pluralglimes

Origin of glime

Of uncertain origin. Probably from Middle English glimme (“radiance, brightness”) (whence glim), Scots glim (“glance, glimpse”) or Norwegian Nynorsk glim (“glimpse, glimmer”), all from Proto-Germanic *glīmô. Compare glim, gleam, glimmer, glimpse. The noun is derived from the verb.

Words that rhyme with glime

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Questions about glime

What does glime mean?
Glime means to glance (at); to look sideways.
What part of speech is glime?
Glime can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce glime?
Glime is pronounced /ɡlaɪm/.
What is the past tense of glime?
The past tense of glime is glimed.

Words near glime in the dictionary

  1. glift
  2. glifts
  3. glike
  4. glikes
  5. glim
  6. glime
  7. glimed
  8. glimepiride
  9. glimes
  10. glimflashy
  11. gliming

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