shimmer

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: play

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a weak and tremulous light“the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers”“the play of light on the water”Synonyms: play

Verb (2)

  1. shine with a weak or fitful light“Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight”
  2. give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Shimmer \Shim"mer\, n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. [1913 Webster]

TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Shimmer \Shim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to sc[imac]mian, sc[imac]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[imac]ma a light, brightness, Icel. sk[imac]ma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E. shine. [root]157. See Shine, v. i.] To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. [1913 Webster]

The shimmering glimpses of a stream. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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