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Definition of "glimmer" []

  • A dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light. (noun)
  • A faint manifestation or indication; a trace: a glimmer of understanding. (noun)
  • To emit a dim or intermittent light. See Synonyms at flash. (verb-intransitive)
  • To appear faintly or indistinctly: Hope still glimmered in our minds. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "glimmer" in a sentence
  • "You could see the glimmer from the pond in the front yard and hear the gentle roll of the water from the small creek."
  • "Indeed, one glimmer is already a reality, that there are Universities out there that can and do graduate people but do not look like traditional Universities."
  • "Most of them in my generation, I would bet, unless they were fortunate enough to see divorce up close as children, which served to remove the whole glimmer from the thing."