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
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.
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.
• (climb a pole): shinny, shin (UK)
Source: Wiktionary
Shim"my, n.
Definition: A chemise. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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