The shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They call it a "shimmer" - a glint, a glitter, a glisten. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Galead saw the Stone set in the sword shimmer and pale. From Wordnik.com. [Last Sword Of Power]
Can you see in the upper right hand corner how the snowflakes have a kind of shimmer to them?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
This rope is woven with a maximum amount of reflective tracers--which will make it "shimmer" in the night. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Slevin: Preview Exhale Pavilion at Art Basel Miami Beach: Interview with Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem] Reference
This rope is woven with a maximum amount of reflective tracers -- which will make it "shimmer" in the night. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Slevin: Preview Exhale Pavilion at Art Basel Miami Beach: Interview with Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem] Reference
And if Darkwind looked closely enough, he could see a kind of shimmer where the one ended and the other began. From Wordnik.com. [Winds Of Fate]
And elves saw things a little differently from humans; everything living had a kind of shimmer about it, like heat-haze. From Wordnik.com. [The Elvenbane]
As an accident-prone person, I must say that I have never seen blood "shimmer" no matter which way the simile is arranged. From Wordnik.com. [Think before you write.] Reference
The "shimmer" is noticable both on the rug and couch. From Wordnik.com. [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] Reference
So I had to invest in a little more "shimmer" and "pizzazz.". From Wordnik.com. [You Aint No Picasso] Reference
Wodehouse used the word 'shimmer' to describe Jeeves 'unobtrusive but insistent presence. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I need to create the same effect created when a pool's "shimmer" reflects of walls, ceilings etc., on an OUTDOOR stage. From Wordnik.com. [CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries] Reference
The animation should spin horizontally for full 360 degrees and it needs to have the "shimmer" effect that you can see in this example. From Wordnik.com. [Freelancer.com - New Projects] Reference
The shimmer is the smog. From Wordnik.com. [debauchette] Reference
Lots of shimmer from the glistening sun on dewy surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [Mihal Freinquel: A New York Fashion Week Post... About Clothing] Reference
That shimmer, unfortunately, never makes it to the screen. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Up Snake Eyes] Reference
As soon as he got down the street, he felt his pocket shimmer. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Man - Ep.7: It Always Comes Back] Reference
Colors and words on the screen in front of her shimmer answers. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre and Gimble] Reference
The air began to shimmer, somewhat like heat on the desert's face. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
A shimmer of hot air trembles like boiling water above the highway. From Wordnik.com. [In the Air a Shining Heart] Reference
The firelight flickered and danced across the silken shimmer of it. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
Through her misted eyes she could barely see the shimmer of the cross. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
We'll couple with opalite rainbow-shimmer rings around our tender wrists. From Wordnik.com. [Cider Bubbles] Reference
The back doorway had an odd bluish cast that caused the framework to shimmer. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
Twilight began to shimmer, and now the stars trembled forth from the dusky sky. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
True to his instincts, he saw in that awful carnage only the shimmer of his gold. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
An alligator dress with a zipper down the front and a lake blue shimmer won me over. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Geana: Dennis Basso's Spring Collection--With Surprisingly Less Fur Than Usual] Reference
(Soundbite of "Fire Snakes") Ms. LAURA VEIRS: (Singing) Mermaids shimmer in the waves. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Veirs' New CD a Quirky 'Year of Meteors'] Reference
The ears suddenly seemed to shimmer in the air, and a surprisingly human voice sounded. From Wordnik.com. [Victory] Reference
I watch the shimmer rolling down my chest as it delves into the shadows of my cleavage. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Passion] Reference
Maybe there was a shimmer of light, but it was just too fast to notice that kind of detail. From Wordnik.com. [And then she was gone] Reference
A languorous, redolent air just stirred the waving grain, on which rested a glossy shimmer. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Sunrise was a shimmer of gold at the edge of the field across from us, brighter than the wine. From Wordnik.com. [Whatever Happens] Reference
Estée Lauder Pure Color EyeShadow in Kenyan Copper is a warm peach shimmer that compliments all eye colors. From Wordnik.com. [Pandora Young: Steal This Look: Peaches n' Cream Barbie] Reference
Some of the lights from my new nest houses will twirl while still others will shimmer along the nest waters. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest] Reference
The grey trunk wrapped around a patch of air and I could have swore I saw something there - a substanceless shimmer, a spectral glitter. From Wordnik.com. [Dream Eater] Reference
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