SHIMMY

I. noun (plural shimmies) Date: 1837 chemise , a jazz dance characterized by a shaking of the body from the shoulders down, an abnormal vibration especially in the front wheels of a motor vehicle, II. intransitive verb (shimmied; ~ing) Date: 1919 to shake, quiver, or tremble in or as if in dancing a ~, to vibrate abnormally, shinny