Definition of shimmer

noun (n)

• a weak and tremulous light (noun.event)

  Synonym: play
  

  Example:
  The shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers.
  

  source: wordnet30
• A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• shine with a weak or fitful light (verb.weather)

  Example:
  Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight.
  

  source: wordnet30
• give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk (verb.stative)

  source: wordnet30
• To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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