Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to glint
Participle: glinted
Gerund: glinting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | glint |
| you | glint |
| he;she;it | glints |
| we | glint |
| you | glint |
| they | glint |
Perfect
| I | have glinted |
| you | have glinted |
| he;she;it | has glinted |
| we | have glinted |
| you | have glinted |
| they | have glinted |
Past
| I | glinted |
| you | glinted |
| he;she;it | glinted |
| we | glinted |
| you | glinted |
| they | glinted |
Pluperfect
| I | had glinted |
| you | had glinted |
| he;she;it | had glinted |
| we | had glinted |
| you | had glinted |
| they | had glinted |
Future
| I | will glint |
| you | will glint |
| he;she;it | will glint |
| we | will glint |
| you | will glint |
| they | will glint |
Future Perfect
| I | will have glinted |
| you | will have glinted |
| he;she;it | will have glinted |
| we | will have glinted |
| you | will have glinted |
| they | will have glinted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | glint |
| you | glint |
| he;she;it | glint |
| we | glint |
| you | glint |
| they | glint |
Perfect
| I | have glinted |
| you | have glinted |
| he;she;it | have glinted |
| we | have glinted |
| you | have glinted |
| they | have glinted |
Imperfect
| I | glinted |
| you | glinted |
| he;she;it | glinted |
| we | glinted |
| you | glinted |
| they | glinted |
Pluperfect
| I | had glinted |
| you | had glinted |
| he;she;it | had glinted |
| we | had glinted |
| you | had glinted |
| they | had glinted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would glint |
| you | would glint |
| he;she;it | would glint |
| we | would glint |
| you | would glint |
| they | would glint |
Perfect
| I | would have glinted |
| you | would have glinted |
| he;she;it | would have glinted |
| we | would have glinted |
| you | would have glinted |
| they | would have glinted |
Imperative
| you | glint |
| we | Let's glint |
| you | glint |
Verbs conjugated like 'glint'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'glint'
flint,
glent,
lint,
aline,
blin,
blind,
blink,
blirt,
blit,
blunt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1787, from Scottish, apparently an alteration of M.E.
glenten "gleam, flash, glisten," from Scand. (cf. Norw.
gletta "to look," dial. Swed.
glinta "to shine"), from P.Gmc.
*glent-. Introduced into Eng. by Burns.
2. 15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns. See: Scots '
glint', Middle English '
glenten', Proto-Germanic '
*glintaną', Danish '
glente', Swedish '
glänta', Norwegian, nynorsk '
gletta', Middle High German '
glinzen', Swedish '
glinta', Norwegian, nynorsk '
glanta'.
Verbs referencing "glint"
English
glance.
Sample Sentences
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A wedding ring glinted on her finger.
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Thor glared at him [...] what little light there was in the place mustered its forces briefly to glint menacingly off the horns of his helmet. [1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 110:]
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The rising sun owre Galston muirs, / Wi' glorious light was glintin' [1785, Robert Burns, The Holy Fair:]
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There was Clavers and six wild dragoons standin’ ranged in a raw, wi’ their muskets in hand, and a form kneelin’ on the grass afore them. I saw the flash o’ the guns, and as I turned to glint at the mangled corpse, oh, mither! [1847 November 6, “Lilly Begg: A Tale of the Times of the Covenant”, in Hogg's Weekly Instructor, volume VI, number 141, page 168, column 1:]
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The scientists theorized that a meteoroid, ranging in size from a speck of dust to a marble, might have struck the satellite and chipped off a bit of debris that glinted a ray of sun back on the Vela's second sensor […] [1980, Inquiry Magazine:]
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The sun glints grass and corn.