SHIMMY


Meaning of SHIMMY in English

[noun], [verb] - (to do) a dance in which you shake your hips and shouldersAlmost a hundred people were shimmying on the dance floor. [I]He watched her do the shimmy. [C]To shimmy is also to move quickly, esp. by moving from side to side.He shimmied through the door.(US) If a car shimmies, it has a very light shaking movement which is not the usual movement of the car.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.