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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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