SHIMMER

I. verb (~ed; ~ing) see: shine Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light ; glimmer , to reflect a wavering sometimes distorted visual image, transitive verb to cause to ~, see: flash II. noun Date: 1821 a light that ~s ; subdued sparkle or sheen ; glimmer , a wavering sometimes distorted visual image usually resulting from heat-induced changes in atmospheric refraction, ~y adjective