Plural of shimmy
regular plural
The plural of shimmy is shimmies.
Forms of shimmy
| Singular | shimmy /ˈʃɪ.mi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | shimmies |
| Countable | countable |
Shimmies in a sentence
- She shimmies up the tamarind tree to watch the sistersʼ progression with undisguised raptness.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 210. From the entry raptness
- The dancers express giddy playfulness in terms of exaggeration: overarticulated beats of the feet, flamboyantly oversized port de bras, and patently unballetic shimmies of the shoulder.2006, Thomas F. DeFrantz, Dancing Revelations, page 150. From the entry unballetic
Meaning of shimmy
- noun A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
- noun A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- noun An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
Questions about the plural of shimmy
- What is the plural of shimmy?
- The plural of shimmy is shimmies.
- Is shimmy countable?
- Shimmy is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shimmy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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