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1. (v.i.) shimmer
to shine with or reflect a soft, tremulous light.
2. shimmer
to appear to quiver in faint light or while reflecting heat waves.
3. (n.) shimmer
a soft, tremulous light or gleam.
4. shimmer
a quivering motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
Etymology: (bef. 1100; ME schimeren, s(c)hemeren, OE scimrian, c. D schemeren, G schimmern)
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| Definition of 'Shimmer' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) shimmer, play
a weak and tremulous light
"the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
2. (verb) shimmer
shine with a weak or fitful light
"Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight"
3. (verb) shimmer
give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
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1. (verb) shimmer
to shine with a soft changing light
water shimmering in the moonlight
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| Definition of 'Shimmer' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Shimmer
a faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer
2. (verb) Shimmer
to shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer
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Sense: to shine with a quivering or unsteady light
The moonlight shimmered on the lake.
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 Afrikaans: weerkaats |
 Arabic: يَلْمَع، يَلْتَمِع |
 Bulgarian: блещукам |
 Brazilian: brilhar |
 Czech: mihotat se |
 German: schimmern |
 Danish: flimre |
 Greek: σιγολαμπυρίζω, τρεμοφέγγω |
 Spanish: brillar, relucir |
 Estonian: helkima |
 Farsi: سوسوزدن |
 Finnish: kimmeltää |
 French: miroiter |
 Hebrew: לְנַצנֵץ בְּאוֹר קָלוּש |
 Hindi: टिमटिमाना |
 Croatian: treperenje, svjetjucanje |
 Hungarian: pislákol |
 Indonesian: berkedip-kedip |
 Icelandic: glitra |
 Italian: brillare |
 Japanese: ゆらめく |
 Korean: 희미하게 반짝이다 |
 Lithuanian: mirguliuoti |
 Latvian: mirgot; mirguļot |
 Malay: kilauan |
 Dutch: glinsteren |
 Norwegian: flimre, glitre |
 Polish: migotać |
 Persian: سوسوزدن |
 Pashto: شغلې وهل، پړكېدل، ځليدل |
 Portuguese: brilhar |
 Romanian: a sclipi; a licări |
 Russian: мерцать |
 Slovak: blikať |
 Slovenian: svetlikati se |
 Serbian: treperiti |
 Swedish: skimra, glimra |
 Thai: ส่องแวววาว |
 Turkish: parıldamak |
 Taiwanese: 閃爍 |
 Ukrainian: блимати, мерехтіти |
 Urdu: جھلملانا |
 Vietnamese: lung linh |
 Chinese: 闪烁 |
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