shimmer
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old English scymrian or Old Norse skimi.
Verb [edit]
shimmer (third-person singular simple present shimmers, present participle shimmering, simple past and past participle shimmered)
- (intransitive) To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer.
Translations [edit]
to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer
Noun [edit]
shimmer (plural shimmers)
- A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.
Translations [edit]
faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer
References [edit]
- shimmer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- shimmer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
