SHIMMY


Meaning of SHIMMY in English

n. & v.

--n. (pl. -ies)

1. hist. a kind of ragtime dance in which the whole body is shaken.

2 archaic colloq. CHEMISE.

3 US an abnormal vibration of esp. the front wheels of a motor vehicle.

--v.intr. (-ies, -ied)

1. a hist. dance a shimmy. b move in a similar manner.

2 shake or vibrate abnormally.

Etymology: 20th c.: orig. uncert.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.