| Glancing 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glance. 2. (a.) Shooting, as light. 3. (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot. Thesaurus Entries brushing, contacting, contingent, flanking, grazing, impingent, impinging, in contact, lateral, lee, leeward, meeting, next-beside, nudging, osculatory, rubbing, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, skirting, tangent, tangential, touching, weather, windward |