shimmy
shi mee
- n an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel - n a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- n lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
- v tremble or shake
- v dance a shimmy
- If it isn't enough to satisfy your urge to groove, drop into the mammoth Ministry of Sound for a quick shimmy.
- The Marx family of seven first lived in two rooms of London's shimmy Soho.
- Sometimes the shimmy was born to the tune of The Star-Spangled Banner.