All shimmy synonyms
shim·my
S s verb shimmy
- wobble — to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
- commove — to disturb; stir up
- glinted — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- joggle — to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle: She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
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- glinting — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- wiggle — to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side: The puppies wiggled with delight.
- commoving — Present participle of commove.
- wag — to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
- joggling — Present participle of joggle.
- zigzagged — a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- worming — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- fish tail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- dithering — a trembling; vibration.
- fish-tail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- concuss — to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
- dancing — When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
- jiggle — a jiggling movement.
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
- zigzagging — Present participle of zigzag.
noun shimmy
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- bunny hop — a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
- judder — to vibrate violently: an old automobile with a clutch that judders.
- dance — If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
- conga — If a group of people dance a conga, they dance in a long winding line, with each person holding on to the back of the person in front.
- hoof it — the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
- foxtrot — a word used in communications to represent the letter F.
- jitter — jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the): Every time I have to make a speech, I get the jitters.
- jive — swing music or early jazz.
- foot it — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- jitterbug — a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
- cut a rug — a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
- boogie — When you boogie, you dance to fast pop music.