What is the meaning of glinting?

Be shiny, as if wet.
- usage: "His eyes were glistening"
- synonyms: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine
Throw a glance at; take a brief look at.
- usage: "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked-I didn't see anything interesting"
- synonyms: glance, peek, glint

Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
- usage: "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"
- synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly

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