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Synonyms for shimmy

Grammar : Verb
Spell : shim-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪm i

Définition of shimmy

Origin :
  • "do a suggestive dance," 1918, perhaps via phrase shake the shimmy, which is possibly from shimmy (n.), a U.S. dialectal form of chemise (mistaken as a plural; cf. shammy) first recorded 1837. Or perhaps the verb is related to shimmer (v.) via a notion of glistening light. Transferred sense of "vibration of a motor vehicle" is from 1925. Related: Shimmied; shimmying. As a noun, the name of a popular, fast, suggestive pre-flapper dance, by 1919.
  • verb shake
Example sentences :
  • Why, that music was enough to make a saint shed his halo and shake a shimmy.
  • Extract from : « The Plastic Age » by Percy Marks
  • Ah never wore anything but a cotton dress, a shimmy and draw's.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 » by Work Projects Administration
  • Why, Aunt Caroline, he doesn't know any more about theology than you do about dancing the shimmy.
  • Extract from : « Good References » by E. J. Rath
  • "I want Kieth's sister to show us what the shimmy is," demanded one young man with a broad grin.
  • Extract from : « Flappers and Philosophers » by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The leader of the band danced a sort of shimmy as he marched, at the same time tootling on a flute.
  • Extract from : « Where the Strange Trails Go Down » by E. Alexander Powell
  • Rather than call it shimmy, resume the use of the old English words shift and smock.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • He had even been known to dive under the water and shimmy up a tree that was reflected there.
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade's Double Dare » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • She sees herself in the mirror of the dressing-table and commences to shimmy enthusiastically.
  • Extract from : « This Side of Paradise » by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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