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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shimmy.

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Examples

  • And he was singing "Livin 'la Vida Loca" in Yiddish, shimmying around home plate.

    It's Jewish Night at Shea Stadium and I Am There 1999

  • Despite its milder focus, Adam is capable of a wide variety of actions, such as shimmying across ledges, jumping from ladders, crawling on his stomach, and so on.

    AdventureGamers.com 2009

  • This is accompanied by a quick cut to Patty Duke attempting to eat a hot dog while shimmying wildly at a 60′s TV sitcom version of a wild teenage dance party.

    Vic Mizzy: Pay tribute to the man behind the 'Addams Family' snaps | EW.com 2009

  • Keshari spotted Misha still shimmying her hips to the music with her Sacramento Kings players on the transparent dance floor that covered the pool.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • This village of mud huts and no electricity was where they would stay as long as the trees produced coconuts for five rupees apiece in the wholesale market and Suhash kept shimmying up those trunks.

    BENEATH THE SHADE OF COCONUT TREES • by Rumjhum Biswas 2009

  • Betty's numbers were always the highlight of the show, whether she was rollerskating across the stage in her 80s! or shimmying up some set piece.

    Danny Miller: Remembering Betty Garrett Danny Miller 2011

  • Keshari spotted Misha still shimmying her hips to the music with her Sacramento Kings players on the transparent dance floor that covered the pool.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Keshari spotted Misha still shimmying her hips to the music with her Sacramento Kings players on the transparent dance floor that covered the pool.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Keshari spotted Misha still shimmying her hips to the music with her Sacramento Kings players on the transparent dance floor that covered the pool.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Betty's numbers were always the highlight of the show, whether she was rollerskating across the stage in her 80s! or shimmying up some set piece.

    Danny Miller: Remembering Betty Garrett Danny Miller 2011

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