glare

Meanings

1. An intense, blinding light.
2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
3. An angry or fierce stare.
4. A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
5. A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
6. A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

1. To stare angrily.
2. To shine brightly.
3. To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
4. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

1. smooth and bright or translucent; glary

Etymology

From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.