glimpse
noun/ɡlɪmps/
Frequency rank: #5,302 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a brief, quick look at something or someone
Example sentence
She caught a quick glimpse of the famous actor before he disappeared into the crowd.
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