Definitions for shimmy

shimmy shim·my

Spelling: [shim-ee]
IPA: /ˈʃɪm i/

Shimmy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in shimmy (himmsy).

Definitions for shimmy

noun

  1. an American ragtime dance marked by shaking of the hips and shoulders.
  2. excessive wobbling in the front wheels of a motor vehicle.
  3. a chemise.

verb (used without object)

  1. to dance the shimmy.
  2. to shake, wobble, or vibrate.

Origin of shimmy

1830-40, for def 3; 1915-20 for def 1; back formation and respelling of chemise, construed as a plural

Examples for shimmy

He had even been known to dive under the water and shimmy up a tree that was reflected there.

She sees herself in the mirror of the dressing-table and commences to shimmy enthusiastically.

"I want Kieth's sister to show us what the shimmy is," demanded one young man with a broad grin.

Why, that music was enough to make a saint shed his halo and shake a shimmy.

Operations were slowed so a team of eight technicians could shimmy up the ship to tighten up the cables.

Rather than call it shimmy, resume the use of the old English words shift and smock.

Ah never wore anything but a cotton dress, a shimmy and draw's.

Why, Aunt Caroline, he doesn't know any more about theology than you do about dancing the shimmy.

The leader of the band danced a sort of shimmy as he marched, at the same time tootling on a flute.

Word Value for shimmy
Scrable

16

Words with friends

16

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