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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

1. Tremble or shake
   "His voice shimmied with restrained emotion";
   - wobble
    
2. (dancing) dance a shimmy

Derived forms: shimmied, shimmies, shimmying

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

Encyclopedia: Shimmy