Found 2 items, similar to shimmer.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shimmer 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shimmer 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] 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]