Associations to the word «Shimmy»
Adverb
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.
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