glimpse
g limps
- n a quick look
- n a brief or incomplete view
from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake - n a vague indication
he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning - v catch a glimpse of or see briefly
We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine
- Photographer Yuri Kozyrev gets a rare glimpse into a crowded Iraqi detention center.
- Less than a year after everyone promised to be good in the wake of Princess Diana's death, the briefest glimpse at the front pages of every newspaper in Britain last week, tabloids .
- Photographer Jehad Nga gets a rare glimpse of the men who plunder the shipping lanes off the east coast of Africa.