The meaning of SHIMMER is to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer. How to use shimmer in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Shimmer.

Coloration is generally subdued yet complex; under bright lighting, their feathers shimmer with iridescent brilliance.

Definition of shimmer verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Shimmer definition: To shine with a subdued flickering light.

Mar 4, 2026 · shimmer (third-person singular simple present shimmers, present participle shimmering, simple past and past participle shimmered) (intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to …

to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves. n. a subdued, tremulous light or gleam. Meteorology a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or …

SHIMMER definition: to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly. See examples of shimmer used in a sentence.

1. to shine with or reflect a soft, tremulous light. 2. to appear to quiver in faint light or while reflecting heat waves. n. 3. a soft, tremulous light or gleam. 4. a quivering motion or image as produced by …

If something shimmers, it shines with a faint, unsteady light or has an unclear, unsteady appearance. The lights shimmered on the water. [VERB] The trees shimmered in the afternoon heat. [VERB] …

When you shimmer you shine, although sometimes quite weakly. A shimmer is small and sometimes weak, and in danger of going out, but it's there all the same and often beautiful.