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Shimmying
To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
📖 Definitions of "Shimmying"
verb
- 1
To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
- 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
To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
- 4
To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
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