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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈʃɪm.ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-shimmer.wav Forms: shimmers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną. Cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schimeren}} Middle English schimeren, {{inh|en|ang|sċymrian}} Old English sċymrian, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skimarōną}} Proto-Germanic *skimarōną, {{cog|nl|schemeren}} Dutch schemeren, {{cog|de|schimmern}} German schimmern Head templates: {{en-noun}} shimmer (plural shimmers)
  1. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining. Categories (topical): Light Synonyms: glimmer Translations (faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer): блещукане (bleštukane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), трептене (treptene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), glans [masculine] (Dutch), glinstering (Dutch), chatoyement [masculine] (French), chatoiement [masculine] (French), ციმციმი (cimcimi) (Georgian), ციალი (ciali) (Georgian), კიაფი (ḳiapi) (Georgian), ბჟუტვა (bžuṭva) (Georgian), Schimmer [masculine] (German), Schimmern [neuter] (German), λαμπύρισμα (lampýrisma) [neuter] (Greek), μαρμαρυγή (marmarygí) [feminine] (Greek), loinnir [feminine] (Irish), luccichio [masculine] (Italian), tiritiri (Maori), мерца́ние (mercánije) [neuter] (Russian), skimmer [neuter] (Swedish), мерехті́ння (merextínnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), lung linh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-shimmer-en-noun-68o0lQsE Disambiguation of Light: 27 7 35 31 Disambiguation of 'faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer': 99 1
  2. (signal processing) A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time. Categories (topical): Signal processing
    Sense id: en-shimmer-en-noun-HnmvGT7Z Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 53 31 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈʃɪm.ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-shimmer.wav Forms: shimmers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ) Etymology: From shim + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shim|er}} shim + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} shimmer (plural shimmers)
  1. (crime) A thin electronic device that is fit inside a card reader, such as on automated teller machines (ATMs), or point-of-sale terminals (POS's), that acts as an intermediate interface between the chip on a chip-and-pin technology card and the chip reader of the machine, to allow one to clone the chip. Categories (topical): Crime, Light Coordinate_terms: shimming, skimmer, skimming
    Sense id: en-shimmer-en-noun-eLTOrEnk Disambiguation of Light: 27 7 35 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 19 56 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 12 13 53 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 14 60 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 16 58 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈʃɪm.ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-shimmer.wav Forms: shimmers [present, singular, third-person], shimmering [participle, present], shimmered [participle, past], shimmered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną. Cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schimeren}} Middle English schimeren, {{inh|en|ang|sċymrian}} Old English sċymrian, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skimarōną}} Proto-Germanic *skimarōną, {{cog|nl|schemeren}} Dutch schemeren, {{cog|de|schimmern}} German schimmern Head templates: {{en-verb}} shimmer (third-person singular simple present shimmers, present participle shimmering, simple past and past participle shimmered)
  1. (intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Light Synonyms: twinkle, sparkle, glisten, glimmer Derived forms: ashimmer, shimmerer, shimmer stick, shimmery Translations (to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer): առկայծել (aṙkaycel) (Armenian), блещукам (bleštukam) (Bulgarian), трептя (treptja) (Bulgarian), mihotat se [imperfective] (Czech), pableskovat [imperfective] (Czech), třpytit se [imperfective] (Czech), glimmen (Dutch), glinsteren (Dutch), chatoyer (French), ციმციმებს (cimcimebs) (Georgian), ციალებს (cialebs) (Georgian), ბჟუტავს (bžuṭavs) (Georgian), კიაფობს (ḳiapobs) (Georgian), schimmern (German), λαμπυρίζω (lampyrízo) (Greek), τρεμοφέγγω (tremoféngo) (Greek), luccicare (Italian), rilucere (Italian), 揺らめく (yurameku) (Japanese), бле́ска (bléska) (Macedonian), kārohirohi (english: refers to the atmosphere on a hot day) (Maori), skimre (Norwegian), skimra (Norwegian), мерца́ть (mercátʹ) (Russian), titilar (Spanish), cabrillear (Spanish), skimra (Swedish), lung linh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-shimmer-en-verb-iLsCkpNS Disambiguation of Light: 27 7 35 31 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 23 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 21 28 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 26 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 32 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 24 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 23 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 19 33 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 25 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 28 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 24 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 26 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 21 28 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 28 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 21 28 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 24 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 28 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 21 28 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 21 28 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Yola]

IPA: /ʃɪˈmiː/ Forms: shimmereen [participle, present]
Etymology: From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian. Etymology templates: {{inh|yol|enm|schimeren}} Middle English schimeren, {{inh|yol|ang|sċymrian}} Old English sċymrian Head templates: {{head|yol|verb|present participle|shimmereen}} shimmer (present participle shimmereen)
  1. to glitter
    Sense id: en-shimmer-yol-verb-rqAbqZIH Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yola entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1581, John Studley (translator), Medea, Act 4, in Seneca his Tenne Tragedies, London: Thomas Marsh, p. 135,\nWith dusky shimmering wanny globe, her lampe doth pale appeare"
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          "ref": "2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, chapter 22, in This Mournable Body, Minneapolis: Graywolf Press:",
          "text": "Pale tourists, tired but excited, emerge like apparitions from the heat haze that shimmers over the tarmac.",
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          "word": "λαμπυρίζω"
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          "word": "τρεμοφέγγω"
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          "code": "mi",
          "english": "refers to the atmosphere on a hot day",
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          "word": "мерца́ть"
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          "sense": "to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer",
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          "sense": "to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer",
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      "sense": "to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer",
      "word": "առկայծել"
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      "word": "ციმციმებს"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "rilucere"
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      "sense": "to shine with a veiled light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer",
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      "english": "refers to the atmosphere on a hot day",
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      "word": "ბჟუტვა"
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