Definition of gleam

• v. i. - To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
• n. - A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
• n. - Brightness; splendor.
• v. t. - To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.
• v. t. - To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
• v. t. - To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).