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present participle of shimmy
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1
as in skinning, shinning
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for shimmying
- ascending,
- breasting
- [chiefly British],
- free-climbing,
- getting up,
- mounting,
- scaling,
- summiting,
- surmounting
2
as in shuffling, twisting
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“Shimmying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmying. Accessed 12 May. 2021.
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