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Noun: glimmer  gli-mu(r)
  1. A flash of light (especially reflected light)
    "She saw a glimmer of light under the door";
    - gleam, gleaming
     
  2. A slight suggestion or vague understanding
    "He had a glimmer of what the professor was trying to explain";
    - inkling, intimation, glimmering
Verb: glimmer  gli-mu(r)
  1. Shine brightly, like a star or a light
    "Hope glimmered in her eyes";
    - gleam

Derived forms: glimmered, glimmering, glimmers

Type of: flash, radiate, suggestion

Encyclopedia: Glimmer