[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shimmer \shim"mer\, v. i. imp.  p. p. shimmered; p. pr. 
   vb. n. shimmering. oe. schimeren, as. scimerian; akin to
   scimacmian, scimacman, to glitter, d. schemeren, g.
   schimmern, dan. skimre, sw. skimra, as. scimacma a light,
   brightness, icel. skimacma, goth. skeima a torch, a
   lantern, and e. shine. root157. 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
see also:
shimmered shimmering shine 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
play 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "shimmer":
   blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, flicker, gleam,
   glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter,
   glittering, gloss, glow, glowworm, light, ripple, scintilla,
   scintillate, scintillation, shimmering, shine, spangle, spark,
   sparking, sparkle, stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle,
   twinkling

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