Definitions for shimmer

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shimmer shim·mer

Spelling: [shim-er]

IPA: /ˈʃɪm ər/

Shimmer is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in shimmer (ehimmrs).

Definitions for shimmer

noun

1. a subdued, tremulous light or gleam.
2. a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.

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.

Origin of shimmer

before 1100; Middle English schimeren, s(c)hemeren, Old English scimrian; cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern to glisten

Examples for shimmer

Its deep, dark vista was lit up only by the shimmer of a distant lake.

The blocks of ice flash and shimmer as they pass through the sunshine.

Through her misted eyes she could barely see the shimmer of the cross.

The trees outside were casting a shimmer of green through the sunshine in the room.

He could see the soft contour of her chin, a shimmer of warm, brown hair.

There was a shimmer of light from the top and I took a closer look at it.

Everything they do, everything they say, gets the colour and shimmer of the sea.

There was a shimmer as of every colour in the rainbow; and a buzz that could only come from a hive full.

They saw those rocks, through the shimmer of the surface glare.

True to his instincts, he saw in that awful carnage only the shimmer of his gold.