shimmy

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

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.
4. (rare) A sleeveless chemise.

Verb

1. To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
2. To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).
3. (intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
4. (intransitive, rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
5. (intransitive) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall.

Konzepte

flattern

Shimmy

Lenkerflattern

Synonyme

wobble

shiver

teddy

wiggle

tremble

shake

🫨

shift

chemise

oscillate

slip

quake

joggle

swing

waggle

wag

quiver

squirm

swinging

tremor

twist

twitch

undershirt

vest

vibrate

vibration

wabble

waddle

wave

👋

waver

wigwag

wobbling

wriggle

writhe

pendulate

pendulum motion

didder

oscillating movement

jigging motion

swing motion

bob

nodding action

camisole

fibrillate

fibrillation

flutter

frisson

jiggle

jitter

judder

palpitate

Übersetzungen

shimmy

shimmy

κούνημα

σείομαι

escalader

flottement

roulis

guidonnage

slingeren

trillen

shimmy

cambalear

temblar

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈʃɪ.mi/

Etymologie (Englisch)

A back-formation from chemise (mistaken for a plural).