shimmy

/ʃˈɪmi/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. tremble or shake
   “His voice wobbled with restrained emotion”
2. dance a shimmy

noun

1. an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
   “he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel”
2. a woman's sleeveless undergarment
3. lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips

Synonyms for shimmy

• wobble
• chemise
• shift
• slip
• teddy

Words that rhyme with shimmy

• jimmy
• chimie
• gimme
• jimi
• jimmie
• kimmey
• mckimmey
• mckimmy
• timmie
• timmy