SHIM-SHAM SHIMMY

Meaning of SHIM-SHAM SHIMMY in English

ˈshimˌsham- noun

Etymology: reduplication of shimmy (I)

: a swing step with stamps, heel-beats, and runs

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SHAM — a. fals, ne genuin, fictet; v. ficter, simular, pretexter
English interlingue dictionary
SHAM — limbong
English-Visayan vocabulary
SHIMMY — I. noun (plural shimmies) Date: 1837 chemise , a jazz dance characterized by a shaking of the body from the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHIM — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1860 a thin often tapered piece of material (as wood, metal, or stone) used …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHIMMY — I. ˈshimē, -mi noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration of chemise 1. : chemise 2. [short for shimmy-shake & shimmy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHIM — I. ˈshim noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably akin to Old English scima twilight, gloom, scīma ray, light, brightness, Old …
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SHAM — I. ˈsham, -aa(ə)m noun ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from English dialect sham shame, alteration of English shame (I) 1. …
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SHIMMY — (n.) A chemise.
Английский словарь Webster
SHIM — (n.) A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.
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SHIM — (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.
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SHAM — (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
Английский словарь Webster
SHIMMY — ( n. ) A chemise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIM — ( n. ) A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIM — ( n. ) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAM — ( a. ) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIMMY — /shim"ee/ , n. , pl. shimmies , v. , shimmied, shimmying . n. 1. an American ragtime dance marked by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIM — /shim/ , n. , v. , shimmed, shimming . n. 1. a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., …
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SHAM — /sham/ , n., adj., v., shammed, shamming . n. 1. something that is not what it purports to be; a …
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SHIMMY — v. dance the shimmy (style of jazz dance); wobble, vibrate (as of vehicle tires)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHIMMY — n. style of jazz dance from the 1920s characterized by rhythmic shaking of the shoulders and hips; abnormal vibration (in …
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SHIM — n. thin wedge of wood or metal placed into empty spaces to provide support or balance
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SHIMMY — I. ˈshi-mē noun ( plural shimmies ) Date: 1837 1. [by alteration] : chemise 2. [short for shimmy-shake ] : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHIM — I. ˈshim noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1860 : a thin often tapered piece of material (as wood, metal, or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAM — I. ˈsham noun Etymology: perhaps from English dialect sham shame, alteration of English shame Date: 1677 1. : a trick …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHIMMY — noun a chemise.
Webster English vocab
SHIM — noun a thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit. 2. shim ·noun a kind of …
Webster English vocab
SHAM — vt to obtrude by fraud or imposition. 2. sham ·noun a false front, or removable ornamental covering. 3. sham ·adj …
Webster English vocab
SHIMMY — ■ noun ( plural shimmies ) 1》 a kind of ragtime dance in which the whole body shakes or sways. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHIM — ■ noun a washer or thin strip of material used to align parts, make them fit, or reduce wear. ■ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHIMMY — [shim.my] n, pl shimmies (1837) 1 [by alter.]: chemise 2. [short for shimmy-shake]: a jazz dance characterized by a shaking …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHIM — [shim] n [origin unknown] (1860): a thin often tapered piece of material (as wood, metal, or stone) used to fill …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAM — [sham] n [perh. fr. E dial. sham shame, alter. of E shame] (1677) 1: a trick that deludes: hoax 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHIMMY — jazz dance that was originally popular among American blacks at least as early as 1900. Its movements consist of trembling …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHIMMY — shimm|y BrE AmE ˈʃɪm |i ▷ shimm|ied id ▷ shimm|ies iz ▷ shimm|ying i‿ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHIM — shim BrE AmE ʃɪm ▷ shimmed ʃɪmd ▷ shimming ˈʃɪm ɪŋ ▷ shims ʃɪmz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHAM — sham BrE AmE ʃæm ▷ shammed ʃæmd ▷ shamming ˈʃæm ɪŋ ▷ shams ʃæmz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHIMMY — / ˈʃɪmi; NAmE / verb ( shim·mies , shimmy·ing , shim·mied , shim·mied ) [ v + adv. / prep. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHIM — /ʃɪm/ noun ( NAmE ) a thin piece of wood, rubber, metal, etc. which is thicker at one end than …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAM — / ʃæm; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb ■ noun ( disapproving ) 1. [ sing. ] a situation, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHIMMY — shim ‧ my /ˈʃɪmi/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle shimmied , present participle shimmying , third …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHAM — I. sham 1 /ʃæm/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: Perhaps from sham 'shame' (13-17 centuries) , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHIMMY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 hist. a kind of ragtime dance in which the whole body is shaken. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHIM — n. & v. --n. a thin strip of material used in machinery etc. to make parts fit. --v.tr. (shimmed, shimming) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHIMMY — n. & v. n. (pl. -ies) 1 hist. a kind of ragtime dance in which the whole body is shaken. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHIM — n. & v. n. a thin strip of material used in machinery etc. to make parts fit. v.tr. (shimmed, shimming) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHIMMY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. hist. a kind of ragtime dance in which the whole body is shaken. …
Oxford English vocab
SHIM — n. & v. --n. a thin strip of material used in machinery etc. to make parts fit. --v.tr. (shimmed, shimming) …
Oxford English vocab
SHIMMY — ( shimmies, shimmying, shimmied) If you shimmy , you dance or move in a way that involves shaking your hips …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAM — ( shams) Something that is a sham is not real or is not really what it seems to be. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHIMMY — (shimmies, ~ing, shimmied) If you ~, you dance or move in a way that involves shaking your hips and shoulders …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHIMMY — verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ His athletic, shimmying run then set up the second-try for Dewi Morris. ▪ SHIme may …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHAM — I. noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He was a sham and a liar. ▪ She believed Rodney's sudden change …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIMMY — [noun], [verb] - (to do) a dance in which you shake your hips and shouldersAlmost a hundred people were shimmying …
Cambridge English vocab
SHIMMY — To dance. Example: Said to mates in a club: I love this song! I've gotta go shimmy!
Slang English vocab
SHIM — Replaces the use of those tedious slash words used to indicate the subject or object of a sentence: he/she and …
Slang English vocab
SHAM — (n): used by a man from a rural area when addressing one from the city e.g. How's it goin', sham? …
Slang English vocab
SHAM — A cheat, or trick. To cut a sham; to cheat or deceive. Shams; false sleeves to put on over a …
Slang English vocab
SHAM — n. 25B6; noun his tenderness had been a sham : PRETENCE, fake, act, fiction, simulation, fraud, feint, lie, counterfeit; humbug. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHIM — < jargon , memory management > A small piece of data inserted in order to achieve a desired memory alignment …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SHIMMY — n (coll) шимми (танец, популярный в 20-е годы, движения которого напоминают движения во время совокупления)
Dirty English-Russian vocab
SHAM — n. 1 fake, fraud, counterfeit, imitation, hoax, humbug, pretence, forgery, copy, imposture, Colloq phoney or US also phony Their call …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SHIMMY — The front wheels shaking or vibration from side to side because the front end is out of alignment or the …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
SHIM — shim
Novell English Glossary
SHIM — A small piece of data inserted in order to achieve a desired memory alignment or other addressing property. For example, …
Jargon File English vocabulary

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