SHIMMY

shimmy

(noun) lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips

chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy

(noun) a woman’s sleeveless undergarment

shimmy

(noun) an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels); “he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel”

shimmy

(verb) dance a shimmy

shimmy, wobble

(verb) tremble or shake; “His voice wobbled with restrained emotion”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

shimmy (plural shimmies)

A dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.

A dance that was popular in the 1920s.

An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.

(rare) A sleeveless chemise.

Verb

shimmy (third-person singular simple present shimmies, present participle shimmying, simple past and past participle shimmied)

(dance) To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).

To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).

(intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.

(intransitive, rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.

(intransitive, video games) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.

Synonyms

• (climb a pole): shinny, shin (UK)

Source: Wiktionary

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Shim"my, n.

Definition: A chemise. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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