glimpse

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Singular
glimpse

Plural
glimpses

  1. (countable) When you catch a glimpse of something, you see it only for a moment.
    I caught a glimpse of baby Prince George as his parents left the hospital.
    I had a glimpse or two of Queen Elizabeth as she stepped from her Rolls and disappeared into the Palace.