Associations to the word «Shimmy»

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

SHIMMY, noun. An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.

SHIMMY, noun. A dance that was popular in the 1920s.

SHIMMY, noun. (rare) A sleeveless chemise.

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

SHIMMY, verb. To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).

SHIMMY, verb. (intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.

SHIMMY, verb. (intransitive) (rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.

SHIMMY, verb. (intransitive) (video games) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.

SHIMMY ON DOWN, verb. (idiomatic) (informal) (of a person) To go somewhere.

SHIMMY, noun. An abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels); "he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel".

SHIMMY, noun. A woman's sleeveless undergarment.

SHIMMY, noun. Lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips.

SHIMMY, verb. Tremble or shake; "His voice wobbled with restrained emotion".

SHIMMY, verb. Dance a shimmy.