Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shimmering

/ʃˈɪmɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
shim-mer-ing
IPA
/ʃˈɪmɚɪŋ/
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shimmer

noun

A gleam or glimmer.

Inflected Forms

more shimmering (comparative) most shimmering (superlative) shimmerings (plural)

Derived Forms

shimmeringly unshimmering

Rhymes With

simmering glimmering

Questions

How do you pronounce shimmering?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɪmɚɪŋ/.
What does shimmering mean?
present participle and gerund of shimmer

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