'Shimmering' definitions:
Definition of 'Shimmering'
From: GCIDE
- Shimmering \Shim"mer*ing\, n. A gleam or glimmering. "A little shimmering of a light." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shimmering'
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 'shimmering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blink,
- blinking,
- blinky,
- coruscant,
- coruscating,
- coruscation,
- firefly,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- glimmerous,
- glimmery,
- glisten,
- glistening,
- glister,
- glistering,
- glitter,
- glittering,
- glittery,
- glowworm,
- scintilla,
- scintillant,
- scintillating,
- scintillation,
- scintillescent,
- shimmer,
- shimmery,
- spangle,
- spangly,
- spark,
- sparkle,
- sparkling,
- stroboscopic light,
- tinsel,
- tinselly,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- twinkly