Dictionary Entry
shimmy
shimmy is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A chemise. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A chemise.
- 2noun
lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
- 3noun
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- 4noun
an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
"he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel"
- 5verb
dance a shimmy
- 6verb
tremble or shake
"His voice wobbled with restrained emotion"
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