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shimmer | url |

As a verb shimmer

is to shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer.

As a noun shimmer

is a faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.

As an initialism url is

a uniform resource locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other internet resource.

As an abbreviation url is

(us|military|nautical) unrestricted line officer.

shimmer

English

(wikipedia shimmer)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer.
  • * Tennyson
    • the shimmering glimpses of a stream

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.

    • References

    * *

    url

    English

    Initialism

    (en noun)
  • A Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
    • https://en.wiktionary.org/ is the URL of English Wiktionary.

    See also

    * IRI * URI * (wikipedia "URL")

    Abbreviation

    ; URL
  • (US, military, nautical) unrestricted line officer

    • See also

    * line officer English acronyms English initialisms