shimmying

verb

1. 1

   To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).

2. 2

   To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).

   “He shimmied up the flagpole.”

3. 3

   To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.

4. 4

   To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.

5. 5

   To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.