shimmy
/ˈʃɪ.mi/ verb C2- To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
- To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs). · He shimmied up the flagpole.· The static made her dress shimmy up her leg.
- To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
- To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.
He/she/it shimmies · Past shimmied · Past participle shimmied · -ing form shimmying
Verb forms
- Base form
- shimmy
- He/she/it
- shimmies
- Past
- shimmied
- Past participle
- shimmied
- -ing form
- shimmying
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