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flimmer

UK/ˈflɪmə(ɹ)/US/ˈflɪmɚ/

flimmer noun: a flickering glimmer.

Noun

flimmer (plural flimmers)

  1. A flickering glimmer.
  2. One of the delicate lateral filaments typical of some flagella. (mastigoneme)

Verb

flimmer (third-person singular simple present flimmers, present participle flimmering, simple past and past participle flimmered)

  1. (intransitive) To glimmer, flicker.
    Synonyms:
    twinkle, flicker, glimmer

Synonyms of flimmer

Forms of flimmer

Noun
pluralflimmers
Verb
third-person singular presentflimmers
present participleflimmering
past participleflimmered
pastflimmered

Origin of flimmer

From blend of flicker + glimmer.

Words that rhyme with flimmer

Questions about flimmer

What does flimmer mean?
Flimmer means a flickering glimmer.
What part of speech is flimmer?
Flimmer can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce flimmer?
Flimmer is pronounced /ˈflɪmə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of flimmer?
The plural of flimmer is flimmers.

Words near flimmer in the dictionary

  1. flimflammeries
  2. flimflammers
  3. flimflammery
  4. flimflamming
  5. flimflams
  6. flimmer
  7. flimmered
  8. flimmering
  9. flimmers
  10. flimp
  11. flimped

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