gleam

Noun

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• an appearance of reflected light

Verb

• appear briefly
  • A terrible thought gleamed in her mind
    

• shine brightly, like a star or a light

• be shiny, as if wet
  • His eyes were glistening
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gleaming , glimmer , glow , lambency , glitter , glisten , glint , shine