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单词 shimmies
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shimmies in British English

3rd person singular present tense of verb
1.  shimmy
plural noun
2.  shimmy
 

shimmy in British English

or shimmey (ˈʃɪmɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -mies
1. 
an American ragtime dance with much shaking of the hips and shoulders
2. 
abnormal wobbling motion in a motor vehicle, esp in the front wheels or steering
3.  an informal word for chemise
verbWord forms: -mies, -mying or -mied (intransitive)
4. 
to dance the shimmy
5. 
to vibrate or wobble
Word origin
C19: changed from chemise, mistakenly assumed to be plural

Examples of 'shimmies' in a sentence
shimmies

She shimmies and twinkles, flirts and pouts.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She shimmies up and down on the spot.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Those shimmies looked like they'd shatter glass.
The Sun (2009)
Before that some shimmies, some feints, a darting run here or there, nothing special.
The Sun (2016)
The wheel shimmies and tingles all the time.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If her dancing was restricted to the gentlest of shimmies, the music had a genuinely balletic quality to it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Your twirls and shimmies weren't perfect.
The Sun (2010)
As he shimmies under the trunk, he looks down to see two alligators waiting expectantly below.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
With this she launches into a series of grinds, wiggles and shimmies, to thunderous applause.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Instead, she clambers up a ladder onto her sleeping platform - and shimmies down the rungs again each morning.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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