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Verb: shimmy  shimee
  1. Tremble or shake
    - wobble
     
  2. Dance a shimmy
Noun: shimmy  shimee
  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
    - chemise, shift, slip, teddy
     
  3. Lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips

Derived forms: shimmies, shimmied, shimmying

Type of: dance, social dancing, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, undergarment, unmentionable, vibrate, wobble

Encyclopedia: Shimmy