Shimmy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Abnormal vibration or wobbling, as of the wheels of an automobile.
  • n. A dance popular in the 1920s, characterized by rapid shaking of the body.
  • n. A chemise.
  • verb-intransitive. To vibrate or wobble abnormally.
  • verb-intransitive. To shake the body in or as if in dancing the shimmy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
  • n. A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
  • n. A sleeveless chemise.
  • v. To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs.)
  • v. To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
  • v. To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A chemise.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. tremble or shake
  • n. a woman's sleeveless undergarment
  • v. dance a shimmy
  • n. lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
  • n. an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
  • Verb Form
    shimmied    shimmies    shimmying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    shimmied   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chemise   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Jimi    Jimmie    Jimmy    Kissimmee    Timmy    gimme    jimmy