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Shimmying

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

📖 Definitions of "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.

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