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Definition of shimmer : 1. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
2. To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.

Synonyms:

gaming, dramatic play, incandescence, shining, maneuver, free rein, wink, glistening, drama, bid, blaze, glisten, glistering, playing period, gleam, gambling, glitter, glow, spangle, child's play, flash, light, sheen, period of play, frolic, glance, coruscate, gleaming, glister, swordplay, play, gambol, looseness, sport, fun, manoeuvre, scintillate, flame, study at flash, romp, luster, illumination, caper, scintillation, twinkling, glare, turn, flare, shine

glimmer, flicker, wave, quiver, twinkle, sparkle, flutter, tremble, glint, blink, waver

Usage examples:

• The reflection from the coals, and the playing of the blue and purple smoke on the golden sheets, caused them to sheen and shimmer until they faded entirely away into the blue and purple maze that filled the Hekal. - "Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)", Isaac Landman.
• About it there was the peculiar shimmer of a molecular ray screen. - "Invaders from the Infinite", John Wood Campbell.
• Heat waves made it shimmer. - "The Wrong Twin", Harry Leon Wilson.