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shimmey

shimmey is the alternative form of shimmy.

Meaning of shimmy

Noun

shimmy (plural shimmies)

  1. A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
    • What is certain, however, is that the president-elect’s signature shimmy is currently en vogue with all manner of professional athletes, imitated by at least five National Football League players on Sunday, […].2024 November 18, Jesse McKinley, “Trump’s Signature Dance Move Finds Its Way to the Sports World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
    • The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco.1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 200
  3. An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
  4. (rare) A sleeveless chemise.

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Forms of shimmey

Noun
pluralshimmeys
Verb
third-person singular presentshimmeys
present participleshimmeying
past participleshimmeyed
pastshimmeyed

Questions about shimmey

What is shimmey the alternative form of?
Shimmey is the alternative form of shimmy.

Words near shimmey in the dictionary

  1. shimmering
  2. shimmeringly
  3. shimmerings
  4. shimmers
  5. shimmery
  6. shimmey
  7. shimmeyed
  8. shimmeying
  9. shimmeys
  10. shimmied
  11. shimmied on down

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