TO FLASH
If a light flashes, it briefly shines brightly, or it repeatedly shines on and off: Lightning flashed in the sky. / the flashing lights of a police car. A flash is a sudden, bright light that appears and then quickly disappears: a flash of lightning.
TO FLICKER
A weaker light that flickers goes on and off quickly and repeatedly, or seems to: The door opened and the lights started flickering.
TO SHIMMER
Something that shimmers sends out a light that seems to shake slightly, sometimes in an attractive way:
She was wearing a blue-green dress that shimmered as she moved.
We drove across the desert, through the shimmering heat haze.
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TO TWINKLE / SPARKLE / GLITTER
Some ‘shine’ verbs, such as twinkle, sparkle and glitter have positive associations. Stars are said to ‘twinkle’, meaning that they appear to go on and off quickly: a mass of twinkling stars. ‘Twinkle’ is also used for lights that are far away: The city lights twinkled in the distance. Things that ‘sparkle’ or ‘glitter’ shine brightly, with many small points of reflected light: The sea sparkled in the sunlight. / the sparkling snow / Her necklace glittered under the spotlights.
TO GLINT
Something, (often a small thing), that glints is something that catches the light: She spotted something glinting in the grass. It was a small, silver coin. / He grinned at her, his gold tooth glinting in the sunlight.
TO GLOW
Other verbs are used for specific contexts. For example, something that glows produces a continuous light, usually in a dark place:
A nightlight glowed dimly in the corner of the child’s bedroom.
TO GLISTEN
A surface that glistens shines because it is wet:
His back was glistening with sweat.
BEAM / SHAFT
Now to areas of light. A long line of light that shines from a bright object is called a beam or a shaft of light:
I saw a rabbit in the beam of the car’s headlights.
From Dictionaryblog.cambridge.org
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