SHIMMER

shimmer, play

(noun) a weak and tremulous light; “the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers”; “the play of light on the water”

shimmer

(verb) give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

shimmer

(verb) shine with a weak or fitful light; “Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms: twinkle, sparkle, glisten, glimmer

Noun

shimmer (plural shimmers)

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.

Synonym: glimmer

(signal processing) A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.

Coordinate term: jitter

Source: Wiktionary

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Shim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering.] Etym: [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to scimian, sciman, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. scima a light, brightness, Icel. skima, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E. shine. sq. root157. See Shine, v. i.]

Definition: To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. The shimmering glimpses of a stream. Tennyson.

Shim"mer, n.

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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