stime

noun

Definition of stimenext
chiefly Scottish & Irish
as in glance

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stime
  1. glance
  2. glimpse
  3. blink
  4. peep
  5. peek
  6. flash
  7. sight
Noun
  • At a quick glance, these plates might pass for Staffordshire.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • At first glance, this brief conversation doesn’t seem particularly special, but the man’s situation is anything but ordinary.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of glance
Noun
  • His evolution in the outfield stood out after Bellinger got a glimpse of his potential playing alongside Crow-Armstrong during his first big-league call-up in September 2023, then in his 2024 rookie season.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • This discovery, described in detail in a recent study, is particularly important because the meteorite does not simply offer another glimpse of ancient Mars.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of glimpse
Noun
  • Light-up white dresses—the real, switchy, live-wire thing, with shiny red hearts that go blinkety-blink in the dark.
    — Richard Avedon, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2026
  • At such warm temperatures, 1998 KY26 would’ve run out of fuel in just 62 years, a blink of an eye for an object suspected to be billions of years old, as ScienceAlert points out.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of blink
Noun
  • The actress dressed up her go-to shoe style, wearing an embellished version of her traditional peep-toe pump to the Beverly Hills event.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • When the perverted old butcher claims a beautiful young bride, the poor girl barely makes a peep.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of peep
Noun
  • In Tulsa, Buck Atom’s Atomic Curios and Meadow Gold Mack’s Route 66 Outpost have drawn a mix of young and old customers with their blend of irreverent and vintage wares items, perhaps offering a peek at the route’s future.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • This month, a corporate employee at a luxury house, a stylist, and a content creator all offered Vogue a peek at their receipts.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of peek
Noun
  • Fast radio bursts, flashes of energy from faraway galaxies, are invisible to our eyes.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The family of a Camp Mystic camper who died in the flash flooding on July 4, 2025, has filed a lawsuit against the camp's owners, claiming the camp was negligent in protecting campers.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of flash
Noun
  • Some young Catholics involved in local church groups hoped the sight of a pope drawing crowds would challenge Uruguay's image as a country indifferent to religion.
    — ISABEL DEBRE, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The city’s greatest sight is perhaps the Hospicio Cabañas, an early-19th-century orphanage with a chapel where José Clemente Orozco painted 57 frescoes in the late 1930s.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of sight
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“Stime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stime. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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