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Meanings of
shimmy
in English
A woman's sleeveless undergarment.
shift
slip
teddy
chemise
Portuguese
cambalear
Spanish
temblar
Back to the meaning
Tremble or shake.
wobble
Portuguese
cambalear
Synonyms
Examples for "
wobble
"
wobble
Examples for "
wobble
"
1
I let go. I heard my voice
wobble
on the last words.
2
This week's policing and political earthquakes caused the Government to
wobble
violently.
3
The
wobble
compounds fears over the effect of coronavirus on the economy.
4
You want to talk, they just want to sit there and
wobble
.
5
But now questions are being asked of them again after another
wobble
.
Usage of
shimmy
in English
1
The popular idea that life is a
shimmy
is a dangerous illusion.
2
The arse in question began to
shimmy
as MacDougall attempted to disengage.
3
My celebratory shuffle wasn't all that different from the banana's pixelated
shimmy
.
4
This
shimmy
is clumsy and transparent, but it can be crudely effective.
5
All in all, it's an album with some bounce and sufficient
shimmy
.
6
Making his way up the building required a sort of monkey
shimmy
.
7
Charlie and I started to
shimmy
,
too, trying to egg him on.
8
I
shimmy
up several inches but slide back down a foot.
9
You hear a Ry Cooder tune and you want to
shimmy
.
10
From there it was an easy
shimmy
down to the casement.
11
I wriggled, to
shimmy
my hem down, but his expression perished the thought.
12
Cold air rushes in, making the fire do an excited
shimmy
.
13
I meant thet white
shimmy
dress you wore the night of Flo's party.
14
He stepped back and watched her
shimmy
out of her clothing.
15
Ultra-bright characters
shimmy
through it, as if pitching themselves as sideshows.
16
You can save your secret
shimmy
for the guys in Tampa.
Other examples for "shimmy"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
shimmy
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
shimmy out
little shimmy
do a shimmy
foot shimmy
shimmy enigmatically
More collocations
Translations for
shimmy
Portuguese
cambalear
Spanish
temblar
tiritar
Shimmy
through the time
Shimmy
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common