shimmied

verb

past tense of shimmy
1
as in clambered

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2
as in waltzed

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmied
  1. clambered
  2. bopped
  3. scrambled
  4. shuffled
  5. climbed
  6. pranced
  7. swarmed
  8. jived
Verb
  • Several members equipped with climbing harnesses clambered up a small tree on the school’s front lawn and dangled from its limbs on climbing ropes.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • Cars honked their horns and cyclists pulled over to tune in as flags fluttered in the wind, fans clambered to see the screen, and people hugged and shouted.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 17 June 2026
Definition of clambered
Verb
  • Ortiz bopped 208 in his first five seasons with the Red Sox.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • At 16, Avtan bopped around her bedroom in West Hills to the digital hardcore and gabber of acts like Lolita Storm.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
Definition of bopped
Verb
  • Once two companies merge, the eggs are scrambled, and every cook knows that’s hard to undo.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • After the dip, Neele lay on the dance floor laughing as Devin scrambled to pick up their crowns before helping her up.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Definition of scrambled
Verb
  • Bulldozers shuffled right through the rubble to make roads that cut Gaza into separate sections.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • And before several services shuffled their rankings earlier this week, no QB ranked inside the top 20.
    — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of shuffled
Verb
  • Ivar laid out Axiom with a spin kick and climbed to the top rope.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • But the lack of central air-conditioning has still left the office sweltering as temperatures climbed toward triple digits.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of climbed
Verb
  • As Darrell Royal, the old football coach at Texas once said … one of his players pranced into the end zone and started beating on his own chest.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Definition of pranced
Verb
  • The predator that found paradise Blue crabs swarmed quietly for decades around the Po Delta lagoons.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • About an hour later, neighbors heard sirens as an ambulance, a fire truck, and police swarmed the area.
    — Eric Adler July 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of swarmed
Verb
  • The high school musical romance Grease hand-jived its way into theaters during the summer of 1978.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of jived
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