shimmer

Definition of Shimmer in English :

1. play, shimmer

a weak and tremulous light

Example Sentences:
'the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers'
'the play of light on the water'

2. shimmer

shine with a weak or fitful light

Example Sentences:
'Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight'

3. shimmer

give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shimmer

verb

1. (intransitive)

to shine with a glistening or tremulous light

noun

2.

a faint, glistening, or tremulous light

verb intransitive

1.

to shine with an unsteady light; glimmer

2.

to form a wavering image, as by reflection from waves of water or heat

noun

3.

a shimmering light; glimmer

intr.v. shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers

1. To shine with a subdued flickering light: Fireflies shimmered in the night sky.

2. To be reflected as a subdued, flickering light: The moon shimmered on the pond's surface.

n.

A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer.