GLIMMER


Meaning of GLIMMER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ glɪmə(r) ]

( glimmers, glimmering, glimmered)

1.

If something glimmers , it produces or reflects a faint, gentle, often unsteady light.

The moon glimmered faintly through the mists.

...the glimmering ocean.

VERB : V , V-ing

2.

A glimmer is a faint, gentle, often unsteady light.

In the east there is the slightest glimmer of light.

= flicker

N-COUNT

3.

A glimmer of something is a faint sign of it.

Despite an occasional glimmer of hope, this campaign has not produced any results...

He is celebrating his first glimmer of success.

N-COUNT : N of n

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