glimmer

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glim·mer / ˈglimər/ • v. [intr.] shine faintly with a wavering light: the moonlight glimmered on the lawn | [as adj.] (glimmering) pools of glimmering light. • n. a faint or wavering light. ∎  a faint sign of a feeling or quality, esp. a desirable one: there is one glimmer of hope for Becky.DERIVATIVES: glim·mer·ing·ly adv.

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