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glare
English
Etymology
From Middle English glaren, from Old English glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *gl???n. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
glare (countable and uncountable, plural glares)
- (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
- the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare
- Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
- An angry or fierce stare.
- (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
- (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
- a glare of ice
- A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
Translations
Verb
glare (third-person singular simple present glares, present participle glaring, simple past and past participle glared)
- (intransitive) To stare angrily.
- He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
- (intransitive) To shine brightly.
- The sun glared down on the desert sand.
- The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
- (intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
- 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount
- She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
- 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount
- (transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Coordinate terms
- scowl
Derived terms
- aglare
- glaringly
- glare filter
Translations
Adjective
glare (comparative more glare, superlative most glare)
- (US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary
- skating on glare ice
Anagrams
- Agler, Alger, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, lager, large, regal
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish glór.
Noun
glare f (genitive singular glare, plural glaraghyn)
- speech
- language, parlance
- utterance
Derived terms
- glare-vroghe
- glareydagh (“linguistic; linguist”)
- lioar-ghlare (“literary language”)
- neughlaragh (“voiceless”)
Mutation
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glark
English
Etymology
Slight variation of glork in the constructed sentence "This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context", by David Moser
Pronunciation
Verb
glark (third-person singular simple present glarks, present participle glarking, simple past and past participle glarked)
- (slang, transitive) To guess (the meaning of an unfamiliar word) based on hearing its use in context.
See also
- glark in the Jargon File
References
- Douglas Hofstadter, "Metamagical Themas", Scientific American, January 1981
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