intransitive verb1: to strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle <the bullet glanced off the wall> 2 a: to make sudden quick movements <dragonflies glancing over the pond>b: to flash or gleam with quick intermittent rays of light <brooks glancing in the sun> 3: to touch on a subject or refer to it briefly or indirectly <the work glances at the customs of ancient cultures> 4 aof the eyes: to move swiftly from one thing to another b: to take a quick look at something <glanced at his watch>transitive verb1archaica: to take a quick look at b: to catch a glimpse of 2: to give an oblique path of direction to: a: to throw or shoot so that the object glances from a surface barchaic: to aim (as an innuendo) indirectly :insinuate