A dance in which the body is twisted from side to side; spec. a dance of this kind popular in the early 1960s. Also, music for such a dance.

A lively modern dance resembling a foxtrot accompanied by simulated quivering or shaking of the body which first achieved wide popularity in the…

= 1; hence shimmy shaker.

A feeling of discomfort, apprehension, or depression; the ‘jitters’; delirium tremens; also, formerly, a type of dance.

= shimmy shake n.; also, (a piece of) music to accompany this dance.

A dance popular esp. in the U.S. in the 1930s and 1940s, and characterized by vigorous hopping from one foot to the other.

A dance, popular esp. in the early 1940s, performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing music, and consisting of a few standardized steps augmented…

Lively and uninhibited dancing to dance music or jazz; spec. ‘jitterbugging’.

A shaking movement in a dance; the Shake, a dance characterized by such movements.

transferred. One of the many variations of the twist popular in the 1960s, in which the dancer's arms and body move in a swimming motion. Originally…