Dictionary Entry
shimmer
shimmer is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
- 2noun
A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
- 3noun
a weak and tremulous light
"the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"
"the play of light on the water"
Synonyms
- 4verb
give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
- 5verb
shine with a weak or fitful light
"Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight"
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