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Definition of "side-glance" []

  • A glance cast to the side. (noun)
  • An indirect or brief reference; an allusion. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "side-glance" in a sentence
  • "For others, he continued to make the frames so excessively large that even a side-glance revealed nothing."
  • "The innkeeper shot a side-glance at Mary and her maid."
  • "From a swift side-glance at King's face be changed to full stare, his scowl slowly giving place to a grin as he recognized him."