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Shimmy

noun

An abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels).

A woman's sleeveless undergarment. Synonyms: chemise, shift, slip, teddy.

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

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Etymology of 'Shimmy'

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"Shimmy" Quotes from Famous Books

... leather, of a shape which was a cross between a fireman's helmet and the cap of a Norman man-at-arms. They were armed indiscriminately with long pikes and ancient flint-locks, and marched to the music of fife and drum. The leader of the band danced a sort of shimmy as he marched, at the same time tootling on a flute. He looked like the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Perhaps the most curious feature of the procession was provided by the clowns, both men and women—an ...

— Where the Strange Trails Go Down • E. Alexander Powell

... West we liked the weather, 'n' we fat- tened in the mud, Crackin' 'ardy, stewed together, rats an' slurry men 'n' blood. Weepin' Willie wouldn't have it these was pleasin' things abed, 'N' he shuddered in his shimmy if they passed him with the dead. When he cried about his mother, in a gentle voice he'd tell Them as dumb-well didn't like it they ...

— 'Hello, Soldier!' - Khaki Verse • Edward Dyson

Words linked to "Shimmy" : unmentionable, vibrate, strap, trip the light fantastic, undergarment, saltation, social dancing, shoulder strap, dance, dancing, trip the light fantastic toe, terpsichore