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shimmer

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Synonyms: skimmer, simmer, ashimmer, shammer, slimmer, shimmey, shimmier, swimmer, shimmed, shimer, shimmel

Antonyms: skimmer, simmer, ashimmer, shammer, slimmer, shimmey, shimmier, swimmer, shimmed, shimer, shimmel

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Verb

  1. To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.
  2. Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.

Noun

  1. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
  2. A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.

Noun

  1. 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.

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