Definition of Shimmer

1. Verb. Shine with a weak or fitful light. "The horizon is shimmering with lights"; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight"

Generic synonyms: Beam, Shine

2. Noun. A weak and tremulous light. "The play of light on the water"
Exact synonyms: Play
Generic synonyms: Alteration, Change, Modification
Derivative terms: Play, Shimmery

3. Verb. Give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk.
Generic synonyms: Gleam, Glint, Glisten, Glitter, Shine

Definition of Shimmer

1. v. i. To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.

2. n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.

Definition of Shimmer

1. Verb. (intransitive) To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer. ¹

2. Noun. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shimmer

1. to glimmer [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: glimmer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmer

shillyshally
shillyshallying
shiloh
shilpit
shily
shimaal
shimaals
shimadas
shimamushi disease
shime-waza
shimekomi
shimiyana
shimmed
shimmer (current term)
shimmered
shimmeriness
shimmering
shimmeringly
shimmers
shimmery
shimmey
shimmeys
shimmied
shimmies
shimming
shimmy
shimmy-shammy
shimmy on down

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