Definition of Shimmying

1. Verb. (third-person singular of shimmy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shimmying

1. shimmy [v] - See also: shimmy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmying

shimmer
shimmered
shimmeriness
shimmering
shimmeringly
shimmers
shimmery
shimmey
shimmeys
shimmied
shimmies
shimming
shimmy
shimmy-shammy
shimmy on down
shimmying (current term)
shimpan
shimpan bucho
shimpan fukubucho
shims
shin
shin-splints
shin bone
shin guard
shin pad
shin pads
shin splint
shin splints
shinanigan

Literary usage of Shimmying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"... the dancers who made the "hubba-hubba" happen, is carried on by Exotic World's Burlesque Hall of Fame, a wall of 8x10 glossies remembering the shimmying ..."

2. Children of the Slaves by Stephen Graham (1920)
"... on the bank and accosted all and sundry, begging them to come aboard and work on the ship. Meanwhile in a quayside hut Negro girls were " shimmying ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... bichromate of potash, and other mineral salts; and third, by shimmying or impregnating the raw skin with oil ..."

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