plural shimmies
1
[by alteration]
: chemise
2
[short for shimmy-shake]
: a jazz dance characterized by a shaking of the body from the shoulders down
3
: an abnormal vibration especially in the front wheels of a motor vehicle
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Likewise, in 2025 contestant Huda Mustafa’s shimmy became a popular dance move that fans posted themselves doing on social.
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Last year, Choudhury produced the film Wild London in which Attenborough — then aged 99 — shimmies on his belly to get eye-to-eye with the spiny mammal.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 8 May 2026
Every Rayan Cherki drive into the box, every Jeremy Doku shimmy and dart, every menacing moment of intent from Haaland brings about an instant raising of our heart rates.
—Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Elvis Presley In Concert from Neon shimmies onto 350 Imax screens for one week ahead of a national expansion.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Last year, Choudhury produced the film Wild London in which Attenborough — then aged 99 — shimmies on his belly to get eye-to-eye with the spiny mammal.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 8 May 2026
Every Rayan Cherki drive into the box, every Jeremy Doku shimmy and dart, every menacing moment of intent from Haaland brings about an instant raising of our heart rates.
—Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Elvis Presley In Concert from Neon shimmies onto 350 Imax screens for one week ahead of a national expansion.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shimmy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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