shimmer

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.
2. Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.

Noun

1. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
2. A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.

Noun

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.

Synonyms

twinkle

sparkle

❇️

shine

glimmer

gleam

flash

glisten

flicker

glitter

glow

sheen

wink

😉

glint

flare

scintillate

luster

play

blink

spangle

ooze moisture

be radiant

be lustrous

be shinning

blaze

iridesce

boast

brilliant

dance

💃

glamor

glamour

glare

gleaming

gutter

marble

mystique

phosphoresce

quiver

shiner

spark

splendour

be bright

be energetic only at beginning of work

ooze fat ó

Translations

schimmern

chatoyer

resplendir

rielar

miroitement

🪞

Schimmer

luz trémula

miroiter

❇️

brillo

reflejo

relluir

schillern

زها

🌼

changieren

tornassolar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schimeren

Inherited from Old English: sċymrian

Cognate with Dutch: schemeren

Cognate with German: schimmern

In summary

From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną. Cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern.