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shim⋅mer

  [shim-er]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
2. to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves.
–noun
3. a subdued, tremulous light or gleam.
4. a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME schimeren, s(c)hemeren, OE scimrian; c. D schemeren, G schimmern to glisten

Related forms:
shim⋅mer⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. glimmer. See glisten.
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shim·mer   (shĭm'ər)   
intr.v.   shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers
  1. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash.
  2. To appear as a wavering or flickering image, as in a reflection on water or through heat waves in air.
n.  A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer.

[Middle English shimeren, from Old English scimerian.]
shim'mer·ing·ly adv., shim'mer·y adj.
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Shimmer

Shim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to sc[=i]mian, sc[=i]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[=i]ma a light, brightness, Icel. sk[=i]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.

The shimmering glimpses of a stream. --Tennyson.

Shimmer

Shim"mer\, n. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : shimmer
Spanish: brillar, relucir,
German: schimmern,
Japanese: ゆらめく
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shimmer 
O.E. scimerian "to glitter," related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian "to shine," also "grow dark," and scinan (see shine). Ultimately from P.Gmc. *skim- (cf. Swed. skimra, Du. schemeren "to glitter," Ger. schimmern), from PIE base *skai- "to gleam, to shine." The noun is attested from 1821, from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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