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  1. 1. v. i. To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a weak and tremulous light Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. shine with a weak or fitful light Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shinefaintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.The shimmering glimpses of a stream. Tennyson. Source: adambom
  8. 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 Source: ecdict

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