glance vs noddle

glance

verb
  • To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at. 

  • To look briefly (at something). 

  • To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle. 

  • A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae. 

  • To sparkle. 

  • To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header. 

  • To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. 

  • To graze at a surface. 

noun
  • An incidental or passing thought or allusion. 

  • Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre. 

  • A brief or cursory look. 

  • A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side. 

  • A deflection. 

  • Glance coal. 

  • A sudden flash of light or splendour. 

noddle

verb
  • To nod repeatedly. 

noun
  • The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. 

  • The head as the seat of mental capacity or intellect. 

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