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Shimmy Common

Shimmy has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)

"he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel"

2

a woman's sleeveless undergarment

3

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

4

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

Verb
1

tremble or shake

"His voice wobbled with restrained emotion"

2

dance a shimmy

3

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

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wobble undergarment social dancing vibrate dance
Rhyming Words
ammy emmy immy jemmy bammy lemmy remmy bimmy dimmy himmy jimmy kimmy dommy mommy pommy tommy bummy cummy dummy gummy
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