Meanings
nounflimmer (plural flimmers)
plural flimmers
- A flickering glimmer.
- One of the delicate lateral filaments typical of some flagella. (mastigoneme)
verbflimmer (third-person singular simple present flimmers, present participle flimmering, simple past and past participle flimmered)
present singular third person flimmers · participle present flimmering · participle past flimmered · past flimmered
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From blend of flicker + glimmer.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with flimmer
primertrimmersimmerswimmerglimmershimmertremordimmerlimmerstrimmerdweomerice swimmerjimmerstring trimmer
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APA
flimmer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flimmer
MLA
“flimmer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flimmer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flimmer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flimmer.
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