AskDefine | Define glancing

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Pronunciation

Verb

glancing

Adjective

  1. Making a superficial, obtuse contact with something.
    His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw.

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

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
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