Glimmer

Definition: Glimmer

Glimmer

Noun

1. A flash of light (especially reflected light).

Verb

1. Shine brightly, like a star or a light.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "glimmer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Glimmer \Glim"mer\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Glimmered; Glimmering.]. (references)

Mining

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Glimmer

Hope

Beam of hope, ray of hope, gleam of hope, glimmer of hope, flash of hope, dawn of hope, star of hope; cheer; bit of blue sky, silver lining, silver lining of the cloud, bottom of Pandora's box, balm in Gilead; light at the end of the tunnel.

Knowledge

Light, enlightenment; glimpse, inkling; glimmer, glimmering; dawn; scent, suspicion; impression; (idea); discovery; a.

Crosswords: Glimmer

Dutch (mica), German (gleam, glimmer, mica), Swedish (gleaming, glitter, mica).

Suffice to say, to the people he hunted for us, he was known as the Glimmer Man. There'd be nothing but jungle, then a glimmer Then you'd be dead (The Glimmer Man; writing credit: Kevin Brodbin)

It's the right light with the glimmer in the mirror. (references; author: unknown)

Glimmer of Hope (1997)

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Glimmer Rats (reference)

• Glimmer Train : Stories, Spring 1998, Issue 26 (reference)

• Glimmer Train Stories, #30 (reference)

• Glimmer Train: Stories, Fall 1992, Issue 4 (reference)

• Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Glimmer Train Stories (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Glimmer Man (reference)

• The Glimmer Man (Widescreen Edition) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Glimmer (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A ray of humour, now and then, would make its way through the veil of dim obstruction, and glimmer pleasantly upon our faces

The faint glimmer of fear became a terror of spirit as the hoarse voice of the preacher blew death into his soul

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "glimmer": a glimmer of hope ♦ Glimmer gowk ♦ glimmer of hope. Additional references.

Albanian

ndriçoj lehtë, dritëz (glimmering). (various references)

Arabic 

لَمَعَ (flash, to shine), ‏فكرة غامضة (abstraction), ‏مقدار ضئيل (crumb, dab, dash, dribble, element, hint, mouthful, nip, peanut, smack, trace, trifle, whit), ‏وميض (flash, glint, photoflash, shimmer, twinkle, twinkling), ‏أومض (blink, glance, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, twinkle), ‏أضاء بوهن, ‏برق (cable, flamboyance, flamboyancy, fulgurite, lightning, mail, shimmer, telegram, telegraph, thunderbolt, wire), ‏بدا بغير وضوح. (various references)

Bulgarian 

смътна представа (adumbration), отблясък (gleam, glint, reflection), мъждукане (blinking, flicker, glimmering), мъждукам (flicker), мъжделея, мигам (blink, nictate, nictitate, wink), блещукане (flicker, gleam, glimmering, scintillation, shimmer, twinkle, twinkling), блещукам (flicker, glister, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle), проблясък (flight, glance, glimmering, glint), проблясвам (flash, flicker, glint, shine through). (various references)

Chinese 

微光 . (various references)

Czech

záblesk (blink, flare, flash, gleam, glimpse, glint, twinkle), kmitavì svìtlo. (various references)

Farsi 

نورکم , کورکوری کردن , تکه (Bit, Dab, Fragment, Gob, Goblet, Item, Loaf, Lot, Lump, Morsel, Nub, Pane, Patch, Portion, Scrap, Shiver, Shred, Slab, Slice, Smidgen, Whit), سوسوزدن (Blink, Flicker, Gleam, Shimmer), خرده (Bit, Bittock, Crumb, Debris, Fragment, Grain, Jot, Nip, Particle, Shred, Small, Vestige, Weeny, Whit), روشناءی ضعیف , درک اندک , باروشناءی ضعیف تابیدن . (various references)

Finnish

välkkyä (flash, gleam, glitter, sparkle), väikkyä (gleam, glitter), tuikkia (gleam, twinkle), pilkahtaa (peep out), kimaltaa (glitter, sparkle), kiilua (glint, glow). (various references)

French

petite lueur, luire faiblement, luire (gleam, glint, glisten), lueur (glance, gleam, glimmering, glimpse, glint, glow), idée ambiguë, faible lueur, briller (gleam, glint, glitter), éclat (glamor, glare, glimmering, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, glow). (various references)

German

schimmern (gleam, glint, opalescence, shimmer, shine), schimmer (glances, gleam, glint, luster, lustre, ray, rays, sheen, shimmer). (various references)

Greek 

φέγγω (glow, shine), φωτίζω αμυδρά, αμυδρό φως, αχτίδα (beam, ray, shaft). (various references)

Hebrew 

להבהב (blink, flicker, singe), לנצנץ (flash, flicker, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle), הבהוב (flickering, glimmering, scorching, singeing), נצנוץ (flash, flickering, gleam, glimmering, glint, glistening, glitter, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling), נצנץ (blinker, flasher). (various references)

Hungarian

sugár (bar, beam, jet, radii, radio, radius, ray, spurt, stream, wireless), pislákoló fény (glimpse, shimmer, waning light), pislákolás (flickering, shimmer), pislákol (to blink, to flicker, to glimmer, to gutter, to shimmer), fel-felvillanás, felcsillanás (glint), csillogás (coruscation, flare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, lambency, resplendence, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling), csillog (coruscate, gleam, glisten, shine, to coruscate, to flash, to glint, to glisten, to glitter, to laugh, to twinkle). (various references)

Indonesian

berkelap-kelip (blinking, glittering, twinkling). (various references)

Italian

spiraglio (chink, narrow), barlume (flicker, gleam, glow, Ray, spark). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

煌めき (glitter, sparkle, twinkle), 仄めく (to be seen dimly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きらめき (glitter, sparkle, twinkle), ほのめく (to be seen dimly). (various references)

Manx

falleays (glimpse, quick flash). (various references)

Pig Latin

immerglay.(various references)

Portuguese

vislumbre (glance, gleam, glimpse, ray, twinkle), vislumbrar (catch a glimpse of, gleam, glimpse), tremeluzir (glint, glitter, twinkle, whiffle, wink), reverberar (gleam, glister, reflect, reverberate), reflexo (glance, glimmering, glisten, ray, reflection, reflective, reflex, reflexion, reflexive, repercussion), noção (clou, cognition, general, notion), luzir debilmente, luz fraca, idéia vaga, cintilar (blink, flash, flicker, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, ray, scintillate, shine, sparkle, twinkle, wink), bruxuleio (twinkle, twinkling), bruxulear (twinkle, waver). (various references)

Romanian

sclipi (gleam, glimpse, glisten, glitter, lighten, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle), pâlpâi (Bicker, flare, flicker, waver), licãrire (blink, glance, glimpse, glint, glitter, Ray, shimmer, spark, sparkle, sparkling, twinkle), licãri (flash, glance, gleam, glimpse, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle, wink). (various references)

Russian 

мерцать мерцание (flicker, shimmer), мерцать (blink, flicker, scintillate, shimmer, shimmers), мерцание (fibrillation, flicker, flickering, glimmering, scintillance, scintillation, twinkle, twinkling). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svetlucati (gleam, glimpse, glint, glisten, glister, scintillate, shimmer, twinkle), svetlucanje (glimpse, scintillation, shimmer, twinkle, twinkling). (various references)

Spanish

luz tenue, centelleo (glint, scintillation, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling), centellear (glint, scintillate, sparkle, twinkle), brillar tenuemente, brillar con luz tenue. (various references)

Swedish

glimma (Bicker, gleam, glitter, shimmer). (various references)

Thai

ให้แสงสลัว, แสงสลัว. (various references)

Turkish

zayıf ışık (twilight), parıldamak (glance, gleam, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle), hafif ışık, ışık vermek. (various references)

Ukrainian

мигтіти (flicker, twinkle), мигтіння, блимати (blink, occult, shimmer), блимання (blink, flicker, flickering, shimmer). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tia sáng le lói, ngọn lửa chập chờn, ánh sáng lờ mờ ý niệm mơ hồ. (various references)

Welsh

eiliw (appearance, hue, image). (various references)

subluceo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "glimmer": glimmered, glimmering, glimmerings, glimmers. (additional references)

Words ending with "glimmer": aglimmer. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Glimmer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aglimmer, Gimer, gimme, gimmet, glamer, glime, glimer, glimes, glimmery, glinner, glomer, glommer, glummo, Glyme, Plimmer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: limmer, megrim.

-2 letters: gimel, gimme, glime, grime, liger, miler, mimer.

-3 letters: emir, germ, girl, glim, grim, lier, lime, lire, merl, mile, mime, mire, riel, rile, rime.

-4 letters: elm, erg, gel, gem, gie, ire, leg, lei, lie, meg, mel, mem, mig, mil, mim, mir, reg, rei, rem, rig, rim.

-5 letters: el, em, er, li, me, mi.

+1 letter: aglimmer, glimmers.

+2 letters: glimmered, multigerm.

+3 letters: glimmering, trammeling.

+4 letters: glimmerings, lammergeier, trammelling.

+5 letters: diagrammable, hellgrammite, lammergeiers, telegramming.