Thesaurus: shimmer

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1. v. i. To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
2. n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
3. n. a weak and tremulous light
4. v. shine with a weak or fitful light
5. v. give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
6. To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. The shimmering glimpses of a stream. Tennyson. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. Sir W. Scott.
7. To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shinefaintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.The shimmering glimpses of a stream. Tennyson.
8. n:41/v:59 n. a weak and tremulous light v. shine with a weak or fitful light v. give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk