Associations to the word «Shimmy»

Wiktionary

SHIMMY, noun. A dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
SHIMMY, noun. An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
SHIMMY, noun. A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
SHIMMY, noun. (rare) A sleeveless chemise.
SHIMMY, verb. (dance) To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
SHIMMY, verb. To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).
SHIMMY, verb. (intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
SHIMMY, verb. (intransitive) (rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
SHIMMY, verb. (intransitive) (video games) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.
SHIMMY ON DOWN, verb. (idiomatic) (informal) (of a person) To go somewhere.

Dictionary definition

SHIMMY, noun. An abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels); "he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel".
SHIMMY, noun. A woman's sleeveless undergarment.
SHIMMY, noun. Lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips.
SHIMMY, verb. Tremble or shake; "His voice wobbled with restrained emotion".
SHIMMY, verb. Dance a shimmy.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.