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1. (n.) glimmer
a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
2. glimmer
a dim perception; faint glimpse or idea; inkling.
3. (v.i.) glimmer
to shine faintly or unsteadily; twinkle, shimmer, or flicker.
4. glimmer
to appear faintly or dimly.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME glimeren to gleam, c. MHG glimmern)
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| Definition of 'glimmer' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gleam, gleaming, glimmer
a flash of light (especially reflected light)
2. (verb) inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer
a slight suggestion or vague understanding
"he had no inkling what was about to happen"
3. (verb) gleam, glimmer
shine brightly, like a star or a light
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1. (noun) glimmer
a pale light that seems to change constantly
a glimmer of fire through the trees
2. glimmer
sth that is briefly felt
a glimmer of hope/happiness/understanding
3. (verb) glimmer
(of light) to give off a dim and changing light
The light glimmered and then went out.
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| Definition of 'glimmer' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) glimmer
a faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam
2. (noun) glimmer
mica. See Mica
3. (verb) glimmer
to give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp
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Sense: to shine faintly
A single candle glimmered in the darkness.
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Afrikaans: flikker |
Arabic: يومِضُ |
Bulgarian: мъждукам |
Brazilian: bruxulear |
Czech: matně svítit, mihotat se |
German: schimmern |
Danish: glimte; skinne |
Greek: τρεμοφέγγω |
Spanish: brillar con luz tenue/tré |
Estonian: kumama |
Farsi: سوسو زدن |
Finnish: kajastaa |
French: luire faiblement |
Hebrew: לְנַצנֵץ |
Hindi: झलकना, टिमटिमाना |
Croatian: svjetlucati |
Hungarian: pislákol |
Indonesian: bercahaya redup |
Icelandic: lÿsa dauft og flöktandi |
Italian: luccicare debolmente |
Japanese: ちらちら光る |
Korean: 희미하게 빛나다 |
Lithuanian: spingsėti, mirgėti |
Latvian: blāvot; mirgot |
Malay: mengerdip samar-samar |
Dutch: zacht schitteren |
Norwegian: lyse/skinne svakt |
Polish: migotać |
Persian: سوسو زدن |
Pashto: رڼا كېدل |
Portuguese: bruxulear |
Romanian: a licări, a pâlpâi |
Russian: мерцать |
Slovak: blikať, svetielkovať |
Slovenian: svetlikati se |
Serbian: svetlucati |
Swedish: glimma, blänka, skimra |
Thai: ส่องแสงสลัว |
Turkish: soğuk soğuk parıldamak |
Taiwanese: 發出微光 |
Ukrainian: мигтіти; тьмяно світити |
Urdu: ٹمٹمانا ، جھلملانا |
Vietnamese: le lói |
Chinese: 发出微光 |
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