Shimmer — Women Athletes ist eine amerikanische Wrestling Liga aus Chicago, die ihre erste Veranstaltung am 6. November 2005 hatte. Sie wurde von Dave Prazak und der Wrestlerin Allison Danger gegründet, um nordamerikanischen sowie internationalen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shimmer — may mean:*Shimmer (comics), a DC Comics super villain *Shimmer Magazine, or Shimmerzine, the quarterly magazine which publishes speculative fiction *Shimmer (song) a song by the band Fuel *Shimmer Women Athletes, the Chicago based all female… … Wikipedia
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shimmer — [n] gleam blinking, coruscation, diffused light, flash, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, incandescence, iridescence, luster, phosphorescence, scintillation, sheen, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle; concepts 620,624 Ant. dullness… … New thesaurus
Shimmer — Shim mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shimmering}.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to sc[=i]mian, sc[=i]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[=i]ma a light, brightness, Icel.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shimmer — ► VERB ▪ shine with a soft wavering light. ► NOUN ▪ a light with such qualities. DERIVATIVES shimmery adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to SHINE(Cf. ↑shine) … English terms dictionary
shimmer — [shim′ər] vi. [ME schimeren < OE scymrian, freq. formation on base of scima, ray, light < IE base * skāi > SHINE] 1. to shine with an unsteady light; glimmer 2. to form a wavering image, as by reflection from waves of water or heat n. a… … English World dictionary
shimmer — {{11}}shimmer (n.) 1821, from SHIMMER (Cf. shimmer) (v.). {{12}}shimmer (v.) O.E. scimerian to glitter, related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian to shine, also grow dark, and scinan (see SHINE (Cf. shine)). Ultimately from P.Gmc. *skim (Cf … Etymology dictionary
shimmer — I UK [ˈʃɪmə(r)] / US [ˈʃɪmər] verb [intransitive] Word forms shimmer : present tense I/you/we/they shimmer he/she/it shimmers present participle shimmering past tense shimmered past participle shimmered to reflect a gentle light that seems to… … English dictionary
shimmer — shim|mer [ˈʃımə US ər] v [: Old English; Origin: scimerian] to shine with a soft light that looks as if it shakes slightly ▪ The lake shimmered in the moonlight. >shimmer[i] n [singular, U] ▪ the shimmer of petrol on the road … Dictionary of contemporary English
shimmer — [[t]ʃɪ̱mə(r)[/t]] shimmers, shimmering, shimmered VERB If something shimmers, it shines with a faint, unsteady light or has an unclear, unsteady appearance. The lights shimmered on the water... The trees shimmered in the afternoon heat. N SING… … English dictionary
