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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  shimmer
       n : a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on
           iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
           [syn: play]
       v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered
            in the moonlight"
       2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shimmer
     Yola vb.
     to glitter

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  shimmer
     n.
     A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam
  faintly.
     n.
     (lb en crime) A thin electronic device that is fit inside a card
  reader, such as on automated teller machines (ATMs), or point-of-sale
  terminals (POS's), that acts as an intermediate interface between the
  chip on a chip-and-pin technology card and the chip reader of the
  machine, to allow one to clone the chip.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  shimmer
     n.
     A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam
  faintly.
     n.
     (lb en crime) A thin electronic device that is fit inside a card
  reader, such as on automated teller machines (ATMs), or point-of-sale
  terminals (POS's), that acts as an intermediate interface between the
  chip on a chip-and-pin technology card and the chip reader of the
  machine, to allow one to clone the chip.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  shimmer
     n.
     A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam
  faintly.
     n.
     (lb en crime) A thin electronic device that is fit inside a card
  reader, such as on automated teller machines (ATMs), or point-of-sale
  terminals (POS's), that acts as an intermediate interface between the
  chip on a chip-and-pin technology card and the chip reader of the
  machine, to allow one to clone the chip.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shimmer
     Englanti n.
     hohto, kimmellys
     Englanti vb.
     kimmaltaa(selvennä: kimaltaa vai kimmeltää?), hohtaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shimmer
     Engelska n.
     skymt
     Engelska vb.
     skimra

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/
  الوميض

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  shimmer //ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)// //ˈʃɪm.ɚ// 
  блещукане, трептене
  faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  shimmer //ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)// //ˈʃɪm.ɚ// 
  блещукам, трептя
  to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/ 
  mihotání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/ 
  schillern 
     Synonyms: glitter, glisten
  
   see: shimmering, glittering, glistening, shimmered, glittered, glistered, shimmers, glitters, glistens, shimmered, glittered, glistened
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/ 
  schimmern 
   see: shimmering, shimmered, shimmers, shimmered, shimmering heat
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/
  Schimmer , Schimmern 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/
  
  τρεμοφέγγω, μαρμαρυγή, λαμπυρίζω

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/ 
  1. टिमटिमाना
        "The moonlight is shimmering on the lake."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/
  svjetlucanje, svjetlucati, treperenje, treperiti, žmirkati, žmirkava svjetlost

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/
  1. csillámlás
  2. pislákolás
  3. pislákoló fény

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  shimmer //ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)// //ˈʃɪm.ɚ// 
  揺らめく
  to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  shimmer //ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)// //ˈʃɪm.ɚ// 
  skimre, skimra
  to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  shimmer /ˈʃɪmə/ 
    migotać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  shimmer //ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)// //ˈʃɪm.ɚ// 
  skimmer
  faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  shimmer //ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)// //ˈʃɪm.ɚ// 
  skimra
  to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shimmer /ʃˈɪmə/
  1. donuk bir halde titremek (ışık)
  2. titrek ışık. shimmery  titrek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈʃɪmɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "shimmer":
     blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, flicker, gleam,
     glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter,
     glittering, gloss, glow, glowworm, light, ripple, scintilla,
     scintillate, scintillation, shimmering, shine, spangle, spark,
     sparking, sparkle, stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle,
     twinkling
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 微光,闪光;
  v. 发闪烁之光;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 微光,闪光
     vi. 发闪烁之光
     vt. 使闪烁

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