1. Lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
   "The flappers performed an energetic shimmy at the speakeasy"
    
2. An abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
   "he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel"
    
3. [archaic] A woman's sleeveless undergarment
   "The vintage shimmy was adorned with delicate lace";
   - chemise, shift, slip, teddy

1. (dancing) dance a shimmy
   "The performers shimmied across the stage"
    
2. Tremble or shake
   "His voice shimmied with restrained emotion";
   - wobble
    
3. Climb by pressing against alternate sides of a narrow space
   "He shimmied up the chimney"

Derived forms: shimmied, shimmies, shimmying

Type of: dance, social dancing, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic], undergarment, unmentionable, vibrate, wobble

Encyclopedia: Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop