'Shimmer' definitions:
Definition of 'shimmer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" [syn: shimmer, play]
verb
Shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight"
verb
Give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
Definition of 'Shimmer'
From: GCIDE
- Shimmer \Shim"mer\, n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. [1913 Webster]
- TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shimmer'
From: GCIDE
- Shimmer \Shim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to sc[imac]mian, sc[imac]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[imac]ma a light, brightness, Icel. sk[imac]ma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E. shine. [root]157. See Shine, v. i.] To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. [1913 Webster]
- The shimmering glimpses of a stream. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shimmer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blink,
- blinking,
- coruscate,
- coruscation,
- firefly,
- flicker,
- gleam,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- glint,
- glisk,
- glisten,
- glister,
- glitter,
- glittering,
- gloss,
- glow,
- glowworm,
- light,
- ripple,
- scintilla,
- scintillate,
- scintillation,
- shimmering,
- shine,
- spangle,
- spark,
- sparking,
- sparkle,
- stroboscopic light,
- tinsel,
- twinkle,
- twinkling