Dictionary Definition
glimmer
Noun
2 a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he
had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation, glimmering] v : shine
brightly, like a star or a light [syn: gleam]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Synonyms
- sense flash of light sparkle
Translations
a faint light
- French: lueur
a flash of light
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: تروسکه
a faint or remote possibility
- French: lueur
Synonyms
- sense shine with faint light flicker, shimmer
Translations
Extensive Definition
Glimmer may refer to:
- one of the names given to a reflective device used for cheating at cards. The glimmer or glim, which normally will be an unassuming item such as a shiny Zippo lighter, is placed on the table in such a way that the reflection of cards being dealt can be seen by the shill, and no-one else.
- a gene prediction software. See GLIMMER
- a She-Ra character. See Glimmer (She-Ra)
- The Glimmer Twins, a nickname given to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones
- Gateway to Glimmer, the name given to the European release version of the PlayStation videogame Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!.
- Glimmer, the JRuby for SWT framework: http://rubyforge.org/projects/glimmer/.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
blink,
blinking, broad hint,
clue, coruscate, coruscation, cue, firefly, gentle hint, gesture, glance, gleam, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glowworm, hint, implication, index, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, kick, look, nod, nudge, prompt, scent, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, shimmer, shimmering, sign, signal, spangle, spark, sparkle, spoor, stroboscopic light,
suggestion, suspicion, symptom, telltale, tinsel, track, twinkle, twinkling, whisper, wink