Definition of glimmer Glimmer

/glɪˈmɚ/ - [glimer] - glim•mer

We found 16 definitions of glimmer from 7 different sources.

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What does glimmer mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
glimmer - a flash of light (especially reflected light)
  gleam, gleaming
  flash a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
glimmer - a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"
  inkling, intimation, glimmering
  suggestion the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association

Verb

glimmers, glimmering, glimmered  

glimmer - shine brightly, like a star or a light
  gleam
  radiate send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • glimmer (v. i.)
    To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
  • glimmer (n.)
    A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
  • glimmer (n.)
    Mica. See Mica.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • glimmer
    To shine faintly with a wavering light.
  • glimmer
    A faint or wavering light.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • glimmer
    glim′ėr, v.i. to burn or appear faintly.—n. a faint light: feeble rays of light: (min.) mica.—ns. Glimm′er-gowk (Tenn.), an owl; Glimm′ering, a glimmer: an inkling.—adv. Glimm′eringly. [M. E. glimeren; most prob. directly Scand.; Dan. glimre, to glimmer, Sw. prov. glim, a glance.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • glimmer
    Fire. CANT.

Part of speech

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  • glimmer, verb, present, 1st person singular of glimmer (infinitive).
  • glimmer, verb (infinitive).
  • glimmer, noun, singular of glimmers.

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