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Noun: glimmering  gli-mu-ring
  1. A slight suggestion or vague understanding
    - inkling, intimation, glimmer
     
  2. A very short time
    - blink of an eye [informal], flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy [informal], split second, trice, twinkling [informal], wink [informal], New York minute [US, informal], jiff [informal]
Adjective: glimmering  gli-mu-ring
  1. Shining intermittently with a sparkling light
    - twinkling
Verb: glimmer  gli-mu(r)
  1. Shine brightly, like a star or a light
    - gleam

Derived forms: glimmerings

See also: bright

Type of: bit, minute, mo, moment, radiate, second, suggestion

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