[shim.my] n, pl shimmies (1837) 1 [by alter.]: chemise
2. [short for shimmy-shake]: a jazz dance characterized by a shaking of the body from the shoulders down
3: an abnormal vibration esp. in the front wheels of a motor vehicle
[2]shimmy vi shim.mied ; shim.my.ing (1919) 1: to shake, quiver, or tremble in or as if in dancing a shimmy
2: to vibrate abnormally--used esp. of automobiles