'Glimmer' definitions:
Definition of 'glimmer'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
A slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer]
verb
Shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn: gleam, glimmer]
Definition of 'Glimmer'
From: GCIDE
- Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. [1913 Webster]
- The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.
- Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Glimmer'
From: GCIDE
- Glimmer \Glim"mer\, n.
- 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. [1913 Webster]
- Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Mica. See Mica. --Woodsward. [1913 Webster]
- Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'glimmer'
From: GCIDE
- Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The important species of the mica group are: muscovite, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including damourite (also called hydromica and muscovy glass); biotite, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; lepidomelane, iron, mica, black; phlogopite, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; lepidolite, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. [1913 Webster] Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; biotite is common in many eruptive rocks; phlogopite in crystalline limestone and serpentine. [1913 Webster]
- Mica diorite (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.
- Mica powder, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica.
- Mica schist, Mica slate (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glimmer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blink,
- blinking,
- broad hint,
- clue,
- coruscate,
- coruscation,
- cue,
- firefly,
- gentle hint,
- gesture,
- glance,
- gleam,
- glimmering,
- glint,
- glisk,
- glisten,
- glister,
- glitter,
- glittering,
- glowworm,
- hint,
- implication,
- index,
- indication,
- inkling,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- intimation,
- kick,
- look,
- nod,
- nudge,
- prompt,
- scent,
- scintilla,
- scintillate,
- scintillation,
- shimmer,
- shimmering,
- sign,
- signal,
- spangle,
- spark,
- sparkle,
- spoor,
- stroboscopic light,
- suggestion,
- suspicion,
- symptom,
- telltale,
- tinsel,
- track,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- whisper,
- wink