The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco.
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Shimmy
//ˈʃɪ.mi//
Synonyms for "shimmy" (24 found)
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12 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- вибрация noun (abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle)
- шими noun (dance that was popular in the 1920s)
- вибрирам verb (to vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel)
Finnish
3 entries- shimmy noun (dance that was popular in the 1920s)
- tärinä noun (abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle)
- täristä verb (to vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel)
French
2 entries- shimmy noun (abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle)
- grimper verb (to climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually)
German
2 entries- Flattern noun (abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle)
- Shimmy noun (dance that was popular in the 1920s)
Russian
2 entries- шимми noun (dance that was popular in the 1920s)
- шимми noun (abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
She wondered would he think her awful, and try to get fresh if she shimmied. Fellows often did. But he was so cute. And a girl had to something about that, and if she didn't shimmy, she might do something worse.
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He shimmied up the flagpole.
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The static made her dress shimmy up her leg.
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