Thesaurus: glimmer

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1. v. i. To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
2. n. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
3. n. Mica. See Mica.
4. n. a flash of light (especially reflected light)
5. n. a slight suggestion or vague understanding
6. v. shine brightly, like a star or a light
7. To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak. Syn. -- To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash. 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. Tennyson. 2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward. Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.
8. To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; toshow a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmeringlamp.The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak.
9. v:31/n:69 n a flash of light (especially reflected light) n a slight suggestion or vague understanding v shine brightly, like a star or a light