- 1to shine with a faint unsteady light The candles glimmered in the corner.
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- 2(figurative) Amusement glimmered in his eyes.
glimmer
verbNAmE//ˈɡlɪmər//
[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they glimmer he / she / it glimmers
past simple glimmered
-ing form glimmering
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