glance vs gush

glance

noun
  • A sudden flash of light or splendour. 

  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

gush

noun
  • A sudden rapid outflow. 

verb
  • To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment. 

  • To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume. 

  • To ejaculate during orgasm. 

  • To flow forth suddenly, in great volume. 

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