Shimmer — Defs

01 v. i. To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.

imp. & p. p. Shimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering

1.
To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
“The shimmering glimpses of a stream.” — Tennyson.

02 n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.

1.
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.