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How do you use Shimmy in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like wobble or vibrate, plus the exact meaning.

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Shimmy in a sentence

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Shimmy | Shimmying

Shimmy meaning

  1. A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
  2. A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
  3. An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.

Synonyms of Shimmy

wobble vibrate social dancing unmentionable undergarment teddy slip shift chemise dance

Related words

Other words often associated with Shimmy or its synonyms:

move saltation garment terpsichore dancing overgarment sack alter modification bloomer oscillate resonate

Using Shimmy

  • The main meaning on this page is: A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately. | A dance that was popular in the 1920s. | An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
  • Useful related words include: wobble, vibrate, social dancing, unmentionable.
  • In the example corpus, shimmy often appears in combinations such as: shimmy and, and shimmy, shimmy with.

Context around Shimmy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

burlesque 1× society 1× shoulders 1× guerrero 1× jeans 1× starting 1× guy 1× anti 1×

Often after:

sistas 1× bosoms 1× shake 1× beach 1× tailwheel 1×

Sentence patterns with Shimmy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and a shimmy he makes 1× attempt to shimmy and wiggle 1× attempt to shimmy into a 1× eddie guerrero shimmy going into 1× help society shimmy up the 1× i shimmy shake and 1× into a shimmy with the 1× it could shimmy around with 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and the tummery 1× bishop 1995 appendix 1× but straddling the 1× cowart was a 1× for close to 1× hips swivel shoulders 1×

Common sentence endings:

a failed metabolism 1× a pip break 1× and le lollipop 1× and legs kick 1× and orange culturehub 1× biggest summer residency 1×

Words around Shimmy

Just before it in the word index:

shimming 2 shimmin 2 shimmies 11 shimmied 6 shimmery 35 shimmers 11

Just after it in the word index:

shimmying 14 shimo 4 shimoda 4 shimoga 3 shimogamo 2 shimokoji 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 23 abovementioned 23 abr 23 abrdn 23 accompanist 23 accumulators 23

Corpus analysis for Shimmy

  • In this selection, "shimmy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, burlesque, society, shoulders, sistas, bosoms and shake stand out and add context to how "shimmy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and a shimmy he makes and attempt to shimmy and wiggle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shimmy" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shimmy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Hips swivel, shoulders shimmy, bosoms bounce and legs kick. (9 words)

Renegade did the Eddie Guerrero shimmy going into a PIP break. (11 words)

The event is co-run by Shimmy Sistas Bellydance and Orange CultureHub. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

It was almost like a spectacle to see that “fly white guy” shimmy in front of a crowd of people impressed that he could emulate their Black magic right in front of them. (33 words)

Cowart was a beautiful blonde from East Texas who was paid to wear a short skirt and shimmy at venues such as Swingers A-Go-Go, Club Saracen, and Le Lollipop. (31 words)

Legend has it these dancers starred in a revue at the Egyptian Theater on the fair’s Midway and performed a belly dance that was the forerunner to the burlesque shimmy. (31 words)

Example sentences (19)

Cowart was a beautiful blonde from East Texas who was paid to wear a short skirt and shimmy at venues such as Swingers A-Go-Go, Club Saracen, and Le Lollipop.

Legend has it these dancers starred in a revue at the Egyptian Theater on the fair’s Midway and performed a belly dance that was the forerunner to the burlesque shimmy.

The embrace quickly turned into a shimmy, with the pair jumping up and down and dancing together on stage.

The event is co-run by Shimmy Sistas Bellydance and Orange CultureHub.

They believe that there are evermore things urgently in need of their supervision — things to ban or mandate or regulate to help society shimmy up the pole of progress.

Too many gardeners attempt to shimmy and wiggle hand-held pruning shears through branches too thick to be cut effectively with this tool.

And the Tummery star showed his shimmering soccer skills with a shimmy and a ball at his feet with a neat finish off the ground into the Harps net.

But straddling the low-ish seat, that narrow waist let my shimmy around the flickable, low-slung weight.

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Hips swivel, shoulders shimmy, bosoms bounce and legs kick.

Renegade did the Eddie Guerrero shimmy going into a PIP break.

Another has a hole in the middle that researchers turned into a pouch so it could shimmy around with miniature payloads.

She improvises a skincare routine, tries a self-administered bikini wax that ends in blood, and caps it all off with an attempt to shimmy into a girdle.

For close to a year, I have been doing the jeans shimmy with big, blousy shirts to try and camouflage the tell-tale signs of a failed metabolism.

These include Adam Zampa’s pigeon-step shuffle, Lockie Ferguson’s starting shimmy, and Jasprit Bumrah, hurrying his invisible tray of drinks to the crease while trying not to spill them.

I shimmy, shake, and feign and hop to avoid being steamrolled by yet another roving Bird or Lime scooter here on Westside sidewalks.

It was almost like a spectacle to see that “fly white guy” shimmy in front of a crowd of people impressed that he could emulate their Black magic right in front of them.

Shimmy Beach Club presents the 7th edition of Goldfish Submerged, Cape Town’s biggest summer residency.

With a shuffle and a shimmy, he makes room for shot and sends a curling left-footed effort past Ederson via a little deflection off Zinchenko.

Bishop 1995, Appendix 1 The Dunlop-Marstrand anti-shimmy tailwheel was also retractable.

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Common combinations with shimmy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shimmy" in a sentence?
An example: "Cowart was a beautiful blonde from East Texas who was paid to wear a short skirt and shimmy at venues such as Swingers A-Go-Go, Club Saracen, and Le Lollipop." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "shimmy" from authentic English texts.
What does "shimmy" mean?
Shimmy means: A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
What are synonyms of "shimmy"?
Common synonyms of "shimmy" include: wobble, vibrate, social dancing, unmentionable, undergarment, teddy, slip, shift. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "shimmy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "shimmy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.